Use the noun prudence to describe sensible decisions about everyday life, like the prudence of people who spend their money wisely, saving as much as they can.
The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.
Noun
discretion in practical affairs
Noun
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
n.
The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way
of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also,
economy; frugality.
Prudence
Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing.
Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends.
The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.
Usage Examples
Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
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Other Usage ExamplesDo not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
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