cautioning

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noun

The act of giving a warning.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of caution
nouncautioning (plural cautionings)

plural cautionings

  1. The act of giving a warning.

    Whilst the daylight lasted, he treated her cautionings with apparent indifference. The darkness of night is the time for fear. As the gloom of evening set in, he grew nervous.

    1872, Augustus Mayhew, Paved with Gold
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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