Daily word

Circumspect

SUR-kum-spekt adjective

Careful to consider possible risks before acting.

Example

The team was circumspect about launching before the security review was complete.

Use circumspect for careful judgment, risk awareness, diplomacy, and measured action.

From Latin circumspicere, meaning to look around.

A circumspect person looks around the whole situation before moving.

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