(n.) Quality or state of being careful.

austerity austerity program calculation canniness care careful consideration caution cautiousness chariness circumspection concern consciousness deliberate stages deliberateness deliberation discretion economic planning economicalness economy economy of means false economy forehandedness frugality frugalness gingerliness good management guardedness hedge hedging heed heedfulness hesitation husbandry judiciousness management mindfulness parsimoniousness parsimony pawkiness prior consultation providence prudence prudential administration prudentialness regard regardfulness safeness safety first slowness to act solicitude sparingness tentativeness thoroughness thrift thriftiness tight purse strings uncommunicativeness unprecipitateness unwastefulness