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cautioner

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cau⋅tion

  [kaw-shuhn]
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–noun
1. alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
2. a warning against danger or evil; anything serving as a warning: By way of caution, he told me the difficulties I would face.
3. Informal. a person or thing that astonishes or causes mild apprehension: She's a caution. The way he challenges your remarks is a caution.
–verb (used with object)
4. to give warning to; advise or urge to take heed.
–verb (used without object)
5. to warn or advise: The newspapers caution against overoptimism.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME caucion < L cautiōn- (s. of cautiō) a taking care, equiv. to caut(us), ptp. of cavēre to guard against (cau- take care, guard + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
cau⋅tion⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. circumspection, discretion, watchfulness, heed, vigilance. 2. admonition, advice, counsel. 4. admonish, forewarn. See warn.

Antonyms:
1. carelessness.
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Word Origin & History

caution  (n.)
1297, "bail, guarantee, pledge," from O.Fr., "security, surety," from L. cautionem (nom. cautio), from cautus pp. of cavere "to be on one's guard" (see caveat). The Latin sense re-emerged in Eng. 16c.-17c. The verb sense of "to warn" is from 1641; cautious is from 1640.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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