Prudential

1. n. That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; — usually in the pl.
2. a. Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives.
3. a. Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.