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a close attentiveness to avoiding danger<the extreme caution with which the zookeeper handled the snake>Synonymsalertness, care, carefulness, cautiousness, circumspection, heedfulness, warinessRelated Wordsattentiveness, chariness, vigilance, watchfulness; foresight, foresightedness, providence; calculation, canniness, deliberateness, deliberation, shrewdnessNear Antonymsabruptness, hastiness, impetuousness, precipitousness, rashness, suddenness; inconsideration, thoughtlessnessAntonymsbrashness, carelessness, heedlessness, incautiousness, recklessness, unwariness
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something extraordinary or surprising<how she manages to drive her car without destroying the neighborhood is a caution>— see wonder 1
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something that tells of approaching danger or risk<this is just a caution that the following paragraph practically gives away the plot of the entire movie>— see warning 2
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the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk<we heeded the police officerʼs caution about the road ahead>— see warning 1
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