prudence
/ˈpruːdns/noun
उच्चारण प्रूड्न्स
विवेक, समझदारी, सावधानी
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being sensible and careful when you make judgements and decisions; avoiding unnecessary risks
विवेक, समझदारी, सावधानी
- financial prudence
- With prudence, she invested only a small part of her savings.
- Prudence told him not to sign the papers before reading them.
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- With great prudence, the company kept some money aside for emergencies.
- Radhika showed prudence by checking the train timings twice.
Synonyms wisdom caution good sense discretion judiciousness
Opposite imprudence rashness recklessness folly
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pru·dence
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Keep apart prudent (sensible and careful) and prudish (easily shocked by sexual matters).
Prudent (समझदार और सावधान) और prudish (यौन विषयों से जल्दी आहत होने वाला) को अलग रखिए।
Keep the wise-and-careful words together: prudence, discretion (the ability to avoid saying or doing things that might upset people), judiciousness, circumspection (care before acting), sagacity (wisdom).
बुद्धिमानी और सावधानी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: prudence, discretion (परेशान करने वाली बातें कहने-करने से बचने की क्षमता, विवेक), judiciousness, circumspection (कार्य से पहले सावधानी), sagacity (बुद्धिमत्ता)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
'Discretion is the better part of valour.'
कहावत 'Discretion is the better part of valour'।