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Webster 1913 Edition
Imprudence
Im-pru′dence
,Noun.
The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act;
as, he was guilty of an
. imprudence
His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own
imprudence
. Mickle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imprudence
IMPRU'DENCE
,Noun.
Want of prudence; indiscretion; want of caution, circumspection, or a due regard to the consequences of words to be uttered or actions to be performed,or their probable effects on the interest, safety, reputation or happiness of one's self or others; heedlessness; inconsiderateness; rashness. Let a man of sixty attempt to enumerate the evils which his imprudence has brought on himself, his family, or his neighbors.