REASONABLE CARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reasonable care mean? 

• REASONABLE CARE (noun)
  The noun REASONABLE CARE has 1 sense:

1. the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty

  Familiarity information: REASONABLE CARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASONABLE CARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

due care; ordinary care; reasonable care

Hypernyms ("reasonable care" is a kind of...):

care; charge; guardianship; tutelage (attention and management implying responsibility for safety)

 Context examples 

“With prudence and reasonable care, a young man of fashion can dress upon eight hundred a year,” my uncle answered.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)