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The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.

Impudent language, conduct or behavior.

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Noun

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The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

* 1876 , , Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay , J.B. Lippincott, page 597,

Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. - .

Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. - .