Meaning & use
caution
Great care taken to avoid danger, mistakes, or unwanted risk in a situation.
See it in a sentence
Drivers should proceed with caution when the road is covered in ice.
The officer gave the teenager a caution instead of pressing formal charges.
A note on using this word
As a verb, caution means to warn someone, as in "she cautioned him against signing without reading it."
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
recklessness
Another way to use it
2. verb
To warn someone about a possible danger or problem before it occurs.
The doctor cautioned her patient about mixing the two medications.
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