Circumspection
noun
Careful thought before doing something.
She handled the issue with circumspection to avoid any blunder.
Often appears as...
- handle with circumspection
- act with circumspection
noun
Careful thought before doing something.
She handled the issue with circumspection to avoid any blunder.
Often appears as...
- handle with circumspection
- act with circumspection
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Making
Used when someone is being very thoughtful to make wise decisions.
He purchased his house with great circumspection after researching all areas.
Pro Tip 2/3Politically Sensitive
Often used in formal or political contexts where decisions can have major consequences.
The diplomat spoke with circumspection on the sensitive topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Risk Avoidance
Highlights an attempt to avoid mistakes or negative outcomes.
With circumspection, she invested in low-risk stocks to secure her future.
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Making
Used when someone is being very thoughtful to make wise decisions.
He purchased his house with great circumspection after researching all areas.
Pro Tip 2/3Politically Sensitive
Often used in formal or political contexts where decisions can have major consequences.
The diplomat spoke with circumspection on the sensitive topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Risk Avoidance
Highlights an attempt to avoid mistakes or negative outcomes.
With circumspection, she invested in low-risk stocks to secure her future.
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Making
Used when someone is being very thoughtful to make wise decisions.
He purchased his house with great circumspection after researching all areas.
Pro Tip 2/3Politically Sensitive
Often used in formal or political contexts where decisions can have major consequences.
The diplomat spoke with circumspection on the sensitive topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Risk Avoidance
Highlights an attempt to avoid mistakes or negative outcomes.
With circumspection, she invested in low-risk stocks to secure her future.
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Quote examples
Ayelet Waldman
Israeli Novelist
I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none. When asked what I made of blogs like my own, blogs written by parents about their children, I said, 'A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Admiral
The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection.
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Holly Hunter
American Actress
Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.
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Holly Hunter
American Actress
I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.
Quote examples
Ayelet Waldman
Israeli Novelist
I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none. When asked what I made of blogs like my own, blogs written by parents about their children, I said, 'A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering.
Quote examples
Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Admiral
The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection.
Quote examples
Holly Hunter
American Actress
Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.
Quote examples
Holly Hunter
American Actress
I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.
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