Statesmanship

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The qualifications or employments of a statesman; political skill, in the higher sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The craft or skill of being a statesman, of leading a government well.
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  • noun. wisdom in the management of public affairs
  • Word Usage
    "The statesmanship of 1850 (profound and patriotic, as alas! it is to be feared, too much of what we call statesmanship to-day is not) has been outgrown."
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    wisdom  wiseness  
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