caution

caution
1 noun
1 (U) the quality of being very careful, not taking any risks, and trying to avoid danger: with caution: We must proceed with caution. | great/extreme caution: the need for extreme caution when handling these animals | treat sth with caution (=think carefully about something because it might not be true): Evidence given by convicted criminals should always be treated with caution.
2 word/note of caution a warning to be careful: One note of caution, don't let your children try this trick.
3 throw/fling/cast caution to the winds to start to take more risks in what you do or say: Throwing all caution to the winds, she swung around to face him.
4 (C) BrE a spoken official warning given by someone in authority when you have done something wrong that is not a serious crime: The judge let him off with a caution.
5 (singular) old-fashioned an amusing person
2 verb (T)
1 to warn someone that something might be dangerous, difficult etc: caution sb about/against: Geraldine cautioned the boys about talking to strange men. | caution (sb) that: Foreign Office officials were quick to caution that these remarks did not mean there would be a new peace initiative.
2 BrE to warn someone officially that the next time they do something illegal they will be punished: caution sb for/about: She got cautioned for speeding.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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