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carefulness

carefulness noun: the state of being careful.

Noun

carefulness (usually uncountable, plural carefulnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being careful.
    Synonyms:
    caution

carefulness meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

carefulness in Hindi

state of being careful
सतर्कता satarkatā, सजगता sajagtā

carefulness in Bengali

state of being careful
সতর্কীকরণ śotorkikron

carefulness in Malayalam

carefulness; attention
ജാഗ്രത jāgrata

carefulness in Kannada

ಜಾಗ್ರತೆ, ಜಾಗರೂಕತೆ
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carefulness in Persian
احتیاط ehtiyât

Synonyms of carefulness

Forms of carefulness

pluralcarefulnesses

Origin of carefulness

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.

Questions about carefulness

What does carefulness mean?
Carefulness means the state of being careful.
What is carefulness in Hindi?
Carefulness in Hindi is सतर्कता (satarkatā), सजगता (sajagtā). See Carefulness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is carefulness?
Carefulness is a noun.
What is the plural of carefulness?
The plural of carefulness is carefulnesses.

Words near carefulness in the dictionary

  1. carefull
  2. carefuller
  3. carefullest
  4. carefullier
  5. carefully
  6. carefulness
  7. carefulnesses
  8. caregave
  9. caregive
  10. caregiven
  11. caregiver

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: carefulness (page history and authors); ജാഗ്രത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); carefulness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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