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Caution
ˈkɔːʃn
- care taken to avoid danger or mistakes
"anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution"
care carefulness wariness awareness heedfulness heed attention attentiveness alertness watchfulness vigilance hypervigilance circumspection discretion prudence guardedness chariness forethought mindfulness- an official or legal warning given to someone who has committed a minor offence but has not been charged, to the effect that further action will be taken if they commit another such offence
"they let him off with a caution"
- warning
"business advisers have sounded a note of caution"
- an amusing or surprising person
"‘You're a caution, you are,’ she said"
- say something as a warning
"the Chancellor cautioned that economic uncertainties remained"
- warn or advise against (doing something)
"advisers have cautioned against tax increases"
- issue an official or legal warning to
"he was cautioned for possessing drugs"
- (of a police officer) advise (someone) of their legal rights when arresting them
"having cautioned her, the police were ready to take her away for questioning"