Caution
['kɔːʃ(ə)n] or ['kɔʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; 'a man of caution'.
(noun.) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; 'he exercised caution in opening the door'; 'he handled the vase with care'.
(noun.) a warning against certain acts; 'a caveat against unfair practices'.
(verb.) warn strongly; put on guard.
Typed by Betsy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Security; guaranty; bail.
(n.) Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
(v. t.) To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
Typist: Terrence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Wariness, heed, heedfulness, circumspection, care, watchfulness, vigilance, forethought, providence prudence, discretion.[2]. Warning, admonition, injunction, advice, counsel.[3]. Security, guaranty, surety, pledge.
v. a. Warn, admonish, forewarn.
Editor: Michel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:[See CARE_and_CALCULATION]
Edited by Laurence
Definition
n. heedfulness: security: warning: a surety: (Scot.) bail.—v.t. to warn to take care.—adj. Cau′tionary containing caution: given as a pledge.—ns. Cau′tioner one who cautions or advises: (Scots law) a surety; Cau′tionry the act of giving security for another.—adj. Cau′tious possessing or using caution: watchful: prudent.—adv. Cau′tiously.—n. Cau′tiousness.—Caution money money paid in advance as security for good behaviour.
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Examples
- The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At immense personal sacrifice I followed the dictates of my own ingenuity, my own humanity, my own caution, and took her identity instead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The swiftness with which the papers displaced the gruesome details of the little girl's death by exultation over the business future of the city was a caution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On returning from Mrs. Vesey's, I instructed Marian to write (observing the same caution which I practised myself) to Mrs. Michelson. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now, Mr. Winkle, I have only one more question to ask you, and I beg you to bear in mind his Lordship's caution. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The caution came a little late for Malone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tut, tut, Mr. Philander, tut, tut, cautioned Professor Porter, I do not know with accuracy as yet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was not I who cautioned you once never to found a hope or expectation on the family curse. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- S-sh, cautioned Clayton. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Steady, boys, cautioned one of the men who had not spoken before. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Even the commanders of these parties were cautioned, not to bring on an engagement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All commanders were cautioned against bringing on an engagement and informed in so many words that it would be better to retreat than to fight. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Watch the wall at your end of the chamber, Tars Tarkas, I cautioned, it is through secret doorways in the wall that the brutes are loosed upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I fear that the excitement may be too great for you, said Dorothea, remembering Lydgate's cautions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But now it comes out: 'My motive for cautioning you is as follows. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- To which Fledgeby, after cautioning Riah in a low voice to take his cue as it should be given him, replied, 'Here I am! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sherlock Holmes stopped at a door some little distance from the Carlton, and, cautioning me not to speak, he led the way into the hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Ludwig