CIRCUMSPECTION
\sˌɜːkəmspˈɛkʃən], \sˌɜːkəmspˈɛkʃən], \s_ˌɜː_k_ə_m_s_p_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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the trait of being circumspect and prudent
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
By Princeton University
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the trait of being circumspect and prudent
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).