circumspection

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• UK: /ˌsɜːkəmˈspɛkʃən/
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• US: /ˌsɚkəmˈspɛkʃən/
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Inherited from Middle English circumspeccioun, from Middle French circonspection or its etymon Latin circumspectio. By surface analysis, circum- + Latin spect + -ion, "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders).

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предпазливост (predpazlivost) — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Czech: obezřetnost — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• French: circonspection — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Galician: circunspección — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Hungarian: körültekintés — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Italian: circospezione — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Portuguese: circunspeção — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Serbo-Croatian: оба̀зриво̄ст — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Serbo-Croatian: obàzrivōst — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Swedish: försiktighet — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Swedish: förtänksamhet — attention to all the facts and circumstances
• Swedish: varsamhet — attention to all the facts and circumstances