circumspection

English

Etymology

From Old French circumspection, from Latin circumspectio. By surface analysis, circum- +‎ Latin 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, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.

Translations

attention to all the facts and circumstances

• Bulgarian: предпазливост (bg) (predpazlivost)
• Czech: obezřetnost (cs) f
• French: circonspection (fr) f
• Galician: circunspección (gl) f
• Hungarian: körültekintés (hu)
• Italian: circospezione (it) f
• Portuguese: circunspeção f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оба̀зриво̄ст f

  Roman: obàzrivōst (sh) f

• Swedish: försiktighet (sv) c, förtänksamhet (sv) c, varsamhet (sv) c

References

• “circumspection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “circumspection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.