proviso

as in provision
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends released the drunken revelers with the proviso that they behave for the remainder of the Mardi Gras

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“Proviso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proviso. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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