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English
Etymology
From Old French circumspection, from Latin circumspectio. By surface analysis, circum- + Latin spect + -ion, "looking 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
attention to all the facts and circumstances
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.