forethought

Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration.

Near-synonym: foresight

With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.

Anticipation.

Provident care; prudence.

Thought of, or planned, beforehand.

c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court Forethought malice.