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Word entry · 8 letters

prudence

Best crossword clue

"Practical caution"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹuːd(ə)n(t)s/Part of speech nounSorted cdeenpruStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. discretion in practical affairs

Used in a sentence

  • Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.
  • Novv as I don't much chuſe to have my girls go to theſe ſort of places often, vvhich is a prudence that I dare ſay you approve as much as myſelf, I vvould vviſh to have the moſt made of them at once; […]
  • "You mistake," cried the doctor, startled out of all his prudences; "it ought to be my business quite as much as it is yours."

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