Dictionary entry

Circumspect

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.