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Security; guaranty; bail. [R.] The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.

Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.

lock in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.

One who cautions or advises.

Suretyship.

Want of caution. Pope.

Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. J. H. Newman.

Precautionary.

Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals.

eproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

vorably. To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.

train may be allowed to follow another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive caution, as in permissive blocking.

Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak.

Caution; prudence; wariness. [Obs.] Fulke.

Caution; prudent; wary. [Obs.] "Cautelous, though young." Drayton.

Intimation of caution; warning; protest. We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey. Caveat emptor Etym: [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

A critic; a reviewer. Received with caution by the censors of the press. W. Irving.

Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness. With silent circumspection, unespied. Milton.