From Old French circumspection , from Latin circumspectio . By surface analysis , circum- +‎ Latin spect +‎ -ion , "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders ).

circumspection ( countable and uncountable , plural circumspections )

1. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case ; consideration of all that is pertinent .
2. Caution , watchfulness , or vigilance fueled by such awareness.

• “ circumspection ”, in The Century Dictionary   [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
• “ circumspection ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .