caution

I (vigilance) noun attention, attentiveness, care, carefulness, cautio, circumspection, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, cura, diligence, exactitude, exactness, forethought, guardedness, heed, needfulness, meticulousness, mindfulness, prudence, prudentia, regard, thoroughness, wariness, watchfulness associated concepts: due caution, ordinary caution II (warning) noun admonition, alarm, alert, augury, caveat, exhortation, foreboding, foretelling, forewarning, monition, notice, omen, portent, precursor, prefiguration, presage, prognosis, prognostic associated concepts: cautionary instructions III verb admonish, advise against, apprise, be vigilant, communicate to, counsel, dissuade, exhort, exhort to take heed, forearm, foreshow, forewarn, give advice, give fair warning, give intimation of impending evil, give notice, give warning, give warning of possible harm, inform, make aware, monere, notify of danger, persuade against, precaution, predict, prenotify, prepare for the worst, prescribe, presignify, prewarn, put on guard, remonstrate, serve notice, sound the alarm, spell danger, take precautions, urge, warn associated concepts: due caution, ordinary caution, unusual caution foreign phrases:

- Abundans cautela non nocet. — Extreme caution does no harm

IV index admonish (warn), admonition, advise, alert, castigate, caveat, charge (instruct on the law), counsel, deliberation, deter, deterrent, diligence (care), discourage, discretion (quality of being discreet), dissuade, exhort, expostulate, forewarn, hesitation, indicant, monition (warning), notice (heed), notice (warning), notification, notify, portend, precaution, premonition, prudence, restraint, signify (inform), warning