cautelousness

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noun

The state or quality of being cautelous.

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Meanings

nouncautelousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being cautelous.

    Now it ſeems this clauſe of abundant cautelouſneſs was not in the oath of the earls and barons, neither needed it: for if K. Stephen broke with his people, of courſe their fealty ceaſed.

    1769, Samuel Johnson, “A History and Defence of Magna Charta”, in A History and Defence of Magna Charta, Dublin: James Williams, page 125

Origin

From cautelous + -ness.

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cautelousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cautelousness

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“cautelousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cautelousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cautelousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cautelousness.

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