1.
[syn: caution, cautiousness, carefulness]
2. the quality of being careful and painstaking;
- Example: "I admired the carefulness of his work"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carefulness \Care"ful*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being careful.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
carefulness
n 1: the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible
danger; "a man of caution" [syn: caution, cautiousness,
carefulness] [ant: incaution, incautiousness]
2: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the
carefulness of his work" [ant: carelessness, sloppiness]