carefulness

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carefulness

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From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.

noun carefulnesses

  1. uncountable, usually The state of being careful.

    Similar: caution

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noun state of being careful

हिन्दीसतर्कता satarkatā, सजगता sajagtā
Portuguêsatento
DeutschVorsicht, Sorgfalt
Русскийосторо́жность ostoróžnostʹ

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@misc{carefulness_2026,
  title = {carefulness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carefulness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}