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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imprudence  \Im*pru"dence\,  n.  [L.  imprudentia:  cf  F. 
  imprudence.  Cf  {Improvidence}.] 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  imprudent;  want  to  caution, 
  circumspection,  or  a  due  regard  to  consequences; 
  indiscretion;  inconsideration;  reshness;  also  an  imprudent 
  act  as  he  was  guilty  of  an  imprudence. 
 
  His  serenity  was  interrupted,  perhaps,  by  his  own 
  imprudence.  --Mickle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imprudence 
  n  :  a  lack  of  caution  in  practical  affairs  [ant:  {prudence}] 




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