Im-prū'dence, n.

n. [Fr. imprudence, Sp. imprudencia, It. imprudenza, Lat. imprudentia.] The quality of being imprudent; want of prudence; indiscretion; want of caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; heedlessness; inconsideration; rashness. His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence. Mickle.