Im*pru"dence (?), n. [L.
imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf.
Improvidence.] The quality or state of being imprudent;
want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences;
indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act; as,
he was guilty of an imprudence.
His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own
imprudence.
Mickle.