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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9 words match “CAREFULNESS”

CAREFULNESS n.
Quality or state of being careful.
ACCURACY n.
The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, wi…
CURIOUSNESS n.
Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.
DILIGENCE n.
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
PAINSTAKING n.
The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. Beau. & Fl.
PROVIDENTNESS n.
The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.
PRUDENCE n.
uality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality. Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. Sir M. Hale. Prudence supposes the value of the end to be a…
SAVINGNESS n.
The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
SELF-VIEW n.
A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests