Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Circumspect

Circumspect , adjective

[Latin circumspectus, past participle of circumspicere to look about one's self, to observe; circum + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy.]

Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.