different between precaution vs circumspection
precaution
English
Etymology
From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i??k????n/
- Hyphenation: pre?cau?tion
Noun
precaution (countable and uncountable, plural precautions)
- Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good
- July 2, 1826, John Henry Newman, The Philosophical Temper, First Enjoined by the Gospel
- The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution.
- July 2, 1826, John Henry Newman, The Philosophical Temper, First Enjoined by the Gospel
- A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
- to take precautions against risks of accident
Derived terms
- precautionary
Translations
See also
- prevention
Verb
precaution (third-person singular simple present precautions, present participle precautioning, simple past and past participle precautioned)
- (transitive) To warn or caution beforehand.
- (transitive, rare) To take precaution against.
Translations
Anagrams
- preauction, unoperatic
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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)
- Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
- Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
Translations
References
- circumspection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- circumspection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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