Usually means: Careful consideration of possible consequences.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. circumspection: Merriam-Webster
  2. circumspection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. circumspection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. circumspection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. circumspection: Vocabulary.com
  6. Circumspection, circumspection: Wordnik
  7. circumspection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. circumspection: Wiktionary
  9. circumspection: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Circumspection, circumspection: Dictionary.com
  11. Circumspection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. circumspection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. circumspection: Rhymezone
  14. Circumspection: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. circumspection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. circumspection: FreeDictionary.org
  17. circumspection: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. circumspection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. circumspection: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. circumspection: Encyclopedia

(Note: See circumspect as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (circumspection)

noun:  Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
noun:  Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.

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