Circumspect Definition

sûrkəm-spĕkt
adjective
Careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding.
Webster's New World
Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.
American Heritage

Origin of Circumspect

  • Middle English from Latin circumspectus past participle of circumspicere to take heed circum- circum- specere to look spek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin circumspectō (“look around”).

    From Wiktionary

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