caution

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Great care taken to avoid danger or mistakes.

   Drivers should proceed with caution on icy roads.

2. 2
   verb

   To warn someone that something could be dangerous or risky.

   The doctor cautioned him against eating too much sugar.

Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”).

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