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- Dictionaryprudence/ˈpruːdns/
noun
- 1. the quality of being prudent; cautiousness: "we need to exercise prudence in such important matters" Similar Opposite
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Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four cardinal virtues (which are, with the three theological virtues, part of the seven virtues). Prudentia is an allegorical female personification of the virtue, whose attributes are a mirror and snake, and who is frequently depicted as a pair w... Wikipedia