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chariness|ˈtʃɛərɪnɪs|
[f. chary + -ness.]
1. The quality of being chary; caution; scrupulous care; heedfulness, circumspectness; sparingness.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lix. 6 Hee commendeth..his peculiar charines which hee beareth towards his children. 1592Greene Disput. 28 Nor doo their charinesse for a moneth, warrant their chastitie for euer. a1600Hooker Serm. Faith in Eccl. Pol. (1617) 91 It behoueth vs with so much the greater charinesse to wade through it, taking special heed both what we build, and whereon we build. 1681Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. 2 Wks. VI. 19 Keeping the word relates to our chariness and tenderness of it, when we are as chary of the word as a man would be of a precious jewel. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. iii. There was no fastidious over-refined chariness in the use of that name.
†2. One's carefulness of anything, carefully preserved state, scrupulous integrity. Obs.
1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. i. 102, I wil consent to act any villany against him, that may not sully the charinesse of our honesty. 1794Godwin Cal. Williams 250 To preserve, however, the chariness of their reputation. |