Caution

Noun

 * 1) Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
 * 2) A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
 * 3) Security; guaranty; bail.
 * 4) One that gives rise to attention or astonishment

Verb

 * 1)  To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.

Adjectives for Caution
superfluous; common; vast; habitual; infinite; singular; subtle; inborn; abominable; timid; commendable; puerile; conscientious; wonted; just; extraordinary; prudent; preliminary; unholy; philosophic; extreme; losing; intended; vigilant; necessary; worldly; superior; redoubled; stealthy; reverent; niggardly; beneficent; utmost; curious; patriotic; friendless.

Verbs for Caution
advise—; deaden—; exercise—; heed—; in¬dicate—; inspire—; lessen—; motivate by —; necessitate—; perform with—; proceed with—; sound a note of—; throw—to the winds; —safeguards; —wanes.

Thesaurus
direction, discreetness, discretion, disinclination to believe, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, example, exhort, exhortation, expostulate, expostulation, falter, faltering, final notice, final warning, foresight, forethought, forewarn, forewarning, forfeit, frighten off, frightening off, give fair warning, give notice, give warning, guardedness, guidance, heed, heedfulness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitating, hesitation, hint, hortation, idea, incite, inconvincibility, incredulity, induce, injunction, instruction, intimidate, intimidation, issue a caveat, issue an ultimatum, kid out of, leeriness, lesson, loving care, margin, mindfulness, monition, moral, move, notice, notification, notify, object lesson, office, opinion, parley, passing word, persuade, pointer, preach, precaution, preconsideration, predeliberation, premeditation, preparedness, prompt, proposal, providence, prudence, recommendation, regard, regardfulness, remonstrance, remonstrate, resistiveness to belief, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, skepticism, solicitude, sound the alarm, stake, steer, suggestion, suspicion, suspiciousness, talk out of, talking out of, tender loving care, tentativeness, thought, thoughtfulness, threat, threaten, tip, tip off, tip-off, tough-mindedness, ultimatum, unconvincibility, uncredulousness, unpersuadability, unpersuade, unpersuasibility, urge, utter a caveat, verbum sapienti, vigilance, wariness, warn, warn against, warning, warning piece, watchfulness, whisper, TLC, admonish, admonishment, admonition, advice, advise, advising, advocacy, alarm, alert, alerting, alertness, anticipation, attention, briefing, canniness, care, carefulness, caution money, cautioning, cautiousness, caveat, charge, circumspection, circumspectness, clue, collateral, collateral security, concern, consideration, consultation, council, counsel, cry havoc, cry out against, cue, daunt, deposit, determent, deterrence, deterrent example, diffidence.

Etymology
Recorded since 1297, "bail, guarantee, pledge", from "security, surety" itself from from  cautio, from cautus, the past participle of cavere "to be on one's guard"

Derived terms

 * err on the side of caution

Related terms

 * cautionary
 * cautious
 * caveat
 * precaution

Anagrams

 * auction

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
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 * German: ,
 * Greek:, προφύλαξη, προσεκτικότητα


 * Hungarian:, óvás
 * Russian: предостережение, предупреждение
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: предпазливост,
 * Danish: forsigtighed, varsomhed
 * Dutch: voorzichtigheid, voorzorg ,
 * Finnish: varovaisuus,, huolellisuus, tarkkaavaisuus
 * German:, ,


 * Greek: περίσκεψη,
 * Hindi: सावधानी
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: cautela
 * Russian: осторожность
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, προφύλαξη


 * Hungarian: óvadék
 * Russian: поручительство
 * Spanish:

Verb

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Etymology
From cautio, from cautus, the past participle of cavere "to be on one's guard".

Noun

 * 1) caution, guaranty, bail
 * 2) deposit

Derived terms

 * cautionnement
 * cautionner

Anagrams

 * couinât