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Antonyms for providence

Grammar : Noun
Spell : prov-i-duh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒv ɪ dəns

Definition of providence

Origin :
  • late 14c., "foresight, prudent anticipation," from Old French providence "divine providence, foresight" (12c.) and directly from Latin providentia "foresight, precaution, foreknowledge," from providentem (nominative providens), present participle of providere (see provide).
  • Providence (usually capitalized) "God as beneficent caretaker," first recorded c.1600, from earlier use of the word for "God's beneficient care or guidance" (14c.), short for divine providence, etc. The noun in Latin occasionally had a similar sense.
  • noun divine government
  • noun thrift
Example sentences :
  • Providence has a hand in this, as in all other sublunary dispensations.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The lover wrestled with Providence for his foreshadowed bliss.
  • Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Did not the providence of the world ordain that not a few should go unmarried?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Not, of course, that he put it that way, or that he was making terms with Providence.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Fate played into his hands without doubt, but Fate was not Providence.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Then leave all the rest of the cooking outfit to your cook and trust in Providence.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • But Providence took care of us, when we could not help ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Have we never distrusted the providence of God or his promises?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • What a wise and holy improvement have they made of the dispensations of providence!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • But the ways of Providence are mysterious, and that's the truth of it.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for providence

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