| Pronunciation: | | `kehrfulnes
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- [n] the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"
- [n] the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution"
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| | Synonyms: | | caution, cautiousness |
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| | Antonyms: | | carelessness, incaution, incautiousness |
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| | See Also: | | attentiveness, conscientiousness, painstakingness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Care"ful*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being careful.
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| | Related Terms: | | austerity, austerity program, calculation, canniness, care, careful consideration, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, concern, consciousness, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, discretion, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, gingerliness, good management, guardedness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, husbandry, judiciousness, management, mindfulness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, pawkiness, prior consultation, providence, prudence, prudential administration, prudentialness, regard, regardfulness, safeness, safety first, slowness to act, solicitude, sparingness, tentativeness, thoroughness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings, uncommunicativeness, unprecipitateness, unwastefulness |
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