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discretion

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Main Entry: discretion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: caution, judgment

Synonyms:

acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom

Antonyms:

carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: calculation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forethought

Synonyms:

canniness, caution, circumspection, contrivance, deliberation, discretion, foresight, planning, precaution, prudence, thought
Main Entry: caution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alertness, carefulness

Synonyms:

Fabian policy, attention, canniness, care, circumspection, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, heed, heedfulness, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness

Antonyms:

heedlessness, imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: choice
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: power to select; selection

Synonyms:

alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, druthers, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness
Main Entry: diplomacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tact

Synonyms:

address, artfulness, craft, delicacy, delicatesse, discretion, expedience, finesse, negotiation, poise, politics, savoir-faire, skill, statecraft, subtlety

Antonyms:

bad manners, impoliteness, rudeness
Main Entry: distinction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: differentiation; feature

Synonyms:

acumen, acuteness, alterity, analysis, characteristic, clearness, contrast, diagnosis, difference, differential, discernment, discrepancy, discreteness, discretion, discrimination, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, divergency, division, earmark, estimation, individuality, judgment, mark, marking, nicety, otherness, particularity, peculiarity, penetration, perception, qualification, quality, refinement, sensitivity, separation, sharpness, tact, unlikeness
Main Entry: economy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saving, frugality

Synonyms:

abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift, thriftiness

Antonyms:

spending, squandering
Main Entry: finesse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: know-how, maneuver

Synonyms:

acumen, adeptness, adroitness, artfulness, artifice, big stick, bluff, cleverness, competence, con, craft, craftiness, cunning, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, feint, gimmick, grift, guile, polish, quickness, racket, run-around, ruse, savoir-faire, savvy, skill, sophistication, stratagem, subtlety, tact, trick, wile

Antonyms:

ignorance
Main Entry: foresight
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental preparedness

Synonyms:

anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far-sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, long-sightedness, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prenotion, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity

Antonyms:

hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: forethought
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental preparedness

Synonyms:

anticipation, canniness, caution, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense

Antonyms:

hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness
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