prudence

Decades later, Chancellor Reeves would say that kind of restraint defines her, and she has very much modelled herself on Gordon Brown’s “prudence” in the lead-up to Labour’s 1997 election win.

Better to demonstrate prudence, he reasoned, than to rashly reverse a well-considered decision in hope of temporarily saving face.

The conditions also illustrate the increasing prudence of managing some backcountry fires for ecological benefit, treating them more like controlled burns rather than trying to immediately suppress them, Duncan said.

You’ll thank yourself for your prudence if you need that warranty manual or receipt years from now.

Capital Economics, an economics think tank, suggested using the headroom that the chancellor will have as a result of the surplus to cut taxes amounted to "putting the election before prudence".