Associations to the word «Circumspection»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMSPECTION, noun. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
CIRCUMSPECTION, noun. Caution; watchfulness; vigilance.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMSPECTION, noun. Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion".
CIRCUMSPECTION, noun. The trait of being circumspect and prudent.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope