caveat
noun
1 caveat
A warning against certain acts:
— A caveat against unfair practices.
synonym: caution.
Roget 668:
warning,
early warning,
caution,
caveat;
notice
etc.
(information)
527;
premonition,
premonishment†;
prediction
etc.
511;
contraindication,
lesson,
dehortation†;
admonition,
monition;
alarm
etc.
669.
handwriting on the wall,
mene mene tekel upharsin,
red flag,
yellow flag;
fog-signal,
foghorn;
siren;
monitor,
warning voice,
Cassandra†,
signs of the times,
Mother Cary's chickens†,
stormy petrel,
bird of ill omen,
gathering clouds,
clouds in the horizon,
death watch.
watchtower,
beacon,
signal post;
lighthouse
etc.
(indication of locality)
550.
sentinel,
sentry, ,
watch,
watchman;
watch and ward;
watchdog,
bandog†,
housedog†;
patrol,
patrolman,
vedette†,
picket,
bivouac,
scout,
spy,
spial†;
undercover agent,
mole,
plainclothesman;
advanced guard,
rear guard;
lookout.
cautiousness
etc.
864.
monitor,
guard camera,
radar,
AWACS,
spy satellite,
spy-in-the-sky,
U2 plane,
spy plane.
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Roget 741:
command,
order,
ordinance,
act,
fiat,
hukm†,
bidding,
dictum,
hest†,
behest,
call,
beck,
nod.
despatch,
dispatch;
message,
direction,
injunction,
charge,
instructions;
appointment,
fixture.
demand,
exaction,
imposition,
requisition,
claim,
reclamation,
revendication†;
ultimatum
etc.
(terms)
770;
request
etc.
765;
requirement.
dictation;
dictate,
mandate;
caveat,
decree,
senatus consultum [Lat.];
precept;
prescript,
rescript;
writ,
ordination,
bull,
ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.],
edict,
decretal†,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit†,
ukase,
ukaz [Rus.],
firman,
hatti-sherif†,
warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius [Lat.],
interpellation,
citation;
word,
word of command;
mot d'ordre [Fr.];
bugle call,
trumpet call;
beat of drum,
tattoo;
order of the day;
enactment
etc.
(law)
963;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
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Dutch: borg, voorbehoud, waarschuwing
Polish: napomnienie, pouczenie, przygana, upomnienie
2 caveat
law A formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing.
Dutch: uitzondering
Moby thesaurus: admonishment, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, alarm, bench warrant, briefing, capias, caution, cautioning, consultation, council, counsel, death warrant, determent, deterrence, deterrent example, direction, example, exhortation, expostulation, fieri facias, final notice, final warning, forewarning, frightening off, guidance, habere facias possessionem, hint, hortation, idea, injunction, instruction, interdict, intimidation, lesson, mandamus, mandate, mandatory injunction, mittimus, monition, moral, nisi prius, notice, notification, object lesson, opinion, parley, precept, process, prohibitory injunction, proposal, recommendation, remonstrance, search warrant, suggestion, talking out of, thought, threat, tip-off, ultimatum, verbum sapienti, warning, warning piece, warrant, warrant of arrest, warrant of attorney, writ ... show more.
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