circumspection

circumspection

English

Etymology

From Old French circumspection, from Latin circumspectio; surface analysis circum- +‎ spect +‎ -ion, "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders)

Noun

circumspection (countable and uncountable, plural circumspections)

1. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
2. Caution; watchfulness; vigilance.

Translations

attention to all the facts and circumstances

Bulgarian: предпазливост (bg) (predpazlivost) Czech: obezřetnost f French: circonspection (fr) f Hungarian: körültekintés (hu)

Italian: circospezione (it) f Serbo-Croatian: обазривост f Swedish: försiktighet (sv) c, förtänksamhet (sv) c, varsamhet (sv) c

References

• circumspection in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• circumspection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.