WordNet
n. the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty [syn: ordinary care, reasonable care]
Usage examples of "due care".
He waited till the porter had gone, drew out his gold cigarette case, selected a cigarette with due care, examined it minutely, inserted it with much deliberation in his holder, took his time about finding his matchbox and removing a match, finally lit the cigarette.
Obviously the women took due care with their own safety, and at night the door and the windows would be barred.
Had D'Stevenson been right, that reporting without due care for the circumstances made her as guilty as her subjects?
By the appointed time the engineer had finished his task, and with all due care had prepared a cubic decimeter of the material of the comet.
Then, with due care, the admiral activated his jetpack and returned to the Station.
He was still nervous, despite assurances from Kamiton, Nitin, Tubelin, and Kasturi that, with due care, the disappearance of the ships would not be immediately noticed.