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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

circumspect
    adj 1: heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions";
           "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending
           its use"; "a discreet investor" [syn: circumspect,
           discreet]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Circumspect \Cir"cum*spect\, a. [L. circumspectus, p. p. of
   circumspicere to look about one's self, to observe; circum +
   spicere, specere, to look. See Spy.]
   Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable
   consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

   Syn: See Cautious.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Circumspect:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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