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imprudence |
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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