noun. The quality of being prudent.

noun. Regard for self-interest; worldly wisdom; policy.

noun. Knowledge; science. Compare jurisprudence.

noun. Synonyms Discretion, Providence, etc. (see wisdom), judiciousness, care, considerateness, caution, circumspection, judgment, wariness.

noun. The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

noun. The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

noun. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

noun. discretion in practical affairs

"And Zeno of Cittium seems to incline somewhat to the same view, as he defines prudence in distribution as justice, in choice as self-control, in endurance as fortitude: and those who defend these views maintain that by the term prudence Zeno means knowledge."

carelessness  imprudence  rashness  recklessness  

expediency  

imprudence  jurisprudence  

caution  courage  decency  diligence  discretion  

abnegation  abstinence  acumen  advantage  advantageousness