fair warning

noun

: enough warning to be able to avoid something bad

I'm giving you fair warning that you had better not discuss politics at dinner tonight.

Examples of fair warning in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trainers quickly made a circle around him and assessed the situation following the brutal injury, which below is quite graphic to look at as a fair warning. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

And the news outlets were neither given fair warning of what was ahead nor a means to object ahead of time. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

When John reveals the Halogram to Kerry (after fair warning), the look on her face is a mix of shock and agony. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Busts of famous thinkers and scholars—all male, fair warning—adorn the The Long Room of the Old Library. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for fair warning

• adorning
• forewarning
• midmorning
• corning
• horning
• morning
• mourning
• scorning

Legal Definition

fair warning

noun

: sufficient notification in a statute that particular conduct constitutes a crime see also void-for-vagueness doctrine