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providence

prov.i.dence \'pra:v-*d-*n(t)s, -*-.den(t)s\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L 
   providentia, fr. provident-, providens] often cap  1a: divine guidance or 
   care  cap  1b: God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human 
   destiny  2: the quality or state of being provident