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caution

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caution
noun
1 you are advised to proceed with caution:
care, carefulness, wariness, awareness, heedfulness, heed, attention, attentiveness, alertness, watchfulness, vigilance, hypervigilance, circumspection, discretion, prudence, guardedness, chariness, forethought, mindfulness;
informal caginess.
antonyms incaution, recklessness.
2 a first offender may receive a caution from the police:
warning, admonition, admonishment, injunction, monition;
reprimand, rebuke, reproof, scolding;
exhortation, guidance, caveat, counsel;
informal telling-off, dressing-down, talking-to;
British, informal ticking off, carpeting.
verb
1 advisers have cautioned against tax increases:
advise, warn, recommend, counsel, urge, admonish, exhort.
2 he was cautioned by the police:
warn, admonish, give an injunction to;
reprimand, rebuke, reprove, scold;
informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a talking-to;
British, informal give someone a ticking-off, carpet.
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