Definition Dictionary

Showing sensible care and attention to possible consequences.

Guided by cautious, practical judgment about consequences or interests.

Very attentive to details of conduct, rules, or formalities.

A person who offers expert or authoritative opinions on a subject.

Intended to impose punishment or a penalty.

Claimed or alleged to be something, without confirmation.

The range of responsibility, concern, or understanding covered by something.

Generally supposed or claimed to be so, without certainty.

Soft, boggy ground; figuratively, a difficult situation from which escape is hard.

Concerned with qualities, characteristics, or meaning rather than numerical amounts.

A state of uncertainty about what to do or which choice to make.

Concerned with numerical amounts or measurable quantities.

Representing the most characteristic or ideal example of a type.

Involving a fundamental change or a large departure from established practice.

To complain or criticize in harsh, angry language.

A consequence or implication of an action, often part of a complex series of effects.

Spreading or growing without effective restraint.

Less dense than usual; also elevated or remote from ordinary experience.

The underlying reasoning for a decision or belief.

A philosophical approach treating reason as a source of knowledge beyond what sensory experience alone provides.

A seemingly reasonable explanation used to justify conduct or a decision.

To offer a seemingly reasonable explanation, sometimes to justify questionable conduct.

Extremely hungry; figuratively, intensely eager to obtain something.

Strongly opposing change and seeking a return to earlier social or political arrangements.