For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
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Cautions
Synonyms for "cautions" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Noun(10 words)
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More general
12 entriesadmonitionadvising verbalertcharacter traitcommunication verbnotenoticepersonality traitqualificationregulatory verbrestrictionwarning
More specific
18 entriesadministrative cautionadvise restraintalertalert authoritiescarefulnesscircumspectiondisclaimerenvironmental warningfinancial warningforewarnhealth warninglimitationnotify authoritiespolice cautionprovisoprudence
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Collocations
8 entriesa cautioncautionary notecautionary statementcautionary talecautions in interpretationnote of cautionpolice cautionpublic health cautions
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Sir Robert Saville writing to Sir Robert Cotton, appointing an interview with the founder of the Bodleian Library, cautions Sir Robert, that “If he held any book so dear as that he would be loath to lose it, he should not let Sir Thomas out of his sight, but set ‘the boke’ aside beforehand.”
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