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nounThe state of being careful.
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nounthe trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
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Origin
- Old Englishcarfulnes“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”
- Middle English[Term?]
- Englishcarefulness
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.
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Bengali সতর্কীকরণ
- সতর্কীকরণ (śotorkikron)state of being careful
Czech opatrnost
- opatrnoststate of being careful
German Vorsicht, Sorgfalt
- Vorsichtstate of being careful
- Sorgfaltstate of being careful
Hindi सतर्कता, सजगता
- सतर्कता (satarkatā)state of being careful
- सजगता (sajagtā)state of being careful
Hungarian óvatosság, gondosság
- óvatosságstate of being careful
- gondosságstate of being careful
Persian احتیاط
- احتیاط (ehtiyât)state of being careful
Polish ostrożność, uważność
- ostrożnośćstate of being careful
- uważnośćstate of being careful
- pieczołowitośćstate of being careful
Portuguese atento
- atentostate of being careful
Russian осторо́жность
- осторо́жность (ostoróžnostʹ)state of being careful
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carefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carefulness
“carefulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carefulness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carefulness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carefulness.
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