Circumspection

Word CIRCUMSPECTION
Character 14
Hyphenation cir cum spec tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Circumspection"

What do we mean by circumspection?

Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.

Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.

Wary and unwilling to take risks. Synonyms: cautious, careful, guarded Urban Dictionary

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The word "circumspection" in example sentences

It's the man's lesson in circumspection that did it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That may be, but a bit of circumspection is in order, too. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Second baseman Fernando Vina said circumspection is inevitable. ❋ Unknown (2002)

He had little to lose, but he had everything to gain; and being a patient man, he resolved to gain all he could by circumspection -- in other words, by acting according to his nature, rather than by risking himself in a bold course of action for which he was wholly unsuited. ❋ Unknown (1881)

This, it seems to us, is a situation that, even in today's media environment, called for the kind of circumspection and restraint that WCBS and others showed in 1992. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus the counterculture offers historians the opportunity to study the foundational gender assumptions of American society at that time closest to our own when men articulated their sexual politics absent the kind of circumspection that radical-feminist criticism now inspires in some circles. 24 ❋ Unknown (2007)

And I certainly don't remember that kind of circumspection in the run up to the meltdown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That kind of circumspection seems to characterize a lot of reporters 'experiences in Baghdad. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I remember I used even to go about at that time with a kind of circumspection, as though I had a sacred chalice within me, full of a priceless liquid, which I was afraid of spilling over .... ❋ Unknown (2003)

His Majesty wishes to destroy that circumspection which is the reproach of the navy; that defensive system which paralyzes our fleet and doubles the enemy's. ❋ William Oliver Stevens (1916)

Particular "circumspection" was recommended by the Committee with reference to Jewish medical men: a ❋ I. [Translator] Friedlaender (1900)

Coleridge described boom and bust as occurring when rational "circumspection" gives way to ❋ Unknown (2009)

That kind of circumspection is part of the seminar's mission. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And to do so is to trade intellectualism for the kind of circumspection that has the practical effect of chilling free speech. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"As [Government] Officials and Workers [we should] be circumspect in our statements" ❋ Trojan Virus (2018)

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