0 the quality of being a statesman (= an experienced politician, especially one who is respected for making good judgments) or of being like a statesman:
This is going to take some careful policy work and some careful statesmanship.
He has these remarkable skills of negotiation and statesmanship.
The candidate has an aura of dignity and statesmanship that appealed to Americans throughout the North.
The president displayed courage, vision and statesmanship in dealing with the crisis.
1 the behaviour and actions of an experienced and respected politician or member of a particular profession:
They have agreed to it now, and what should practical statesmanship do?
I do not think it is possible to do so, looking at all the canons of prudence and statesmanship.
I have been told that statesmanship may largely be judged by the manner in which it is prepared to court criticism.
It is not in the law in its more severe forms, but in statesmanship, that we shall get any good results in this respect.
It was a real piece of constructive statesmanship to include woodlands in agricultural land.
I agree that, at that time, it was very difficult, and would have needed very great statesmanship.
It seems to me to be the negation of statesmanship.
We believe in our country and mean to see that it survives, despite any errors of statesmanship which may be committed by its leaders.
