Caveat in Latin means "let him beware" and comes from the verb cavēre, meaning "to be on guard." Perhaps you've also heard caveat lector: "let the reader beware ...

noun · a warning or caution; admonition. · Law. a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a ...

a warning to consider something before doing anything more: One caveat: while the plans can offer an opportunity to accumulate significant wealth over ...

A caveat is a warning. When someone adds a caveat to something they're telling you to beware — maybe what they're telling you comes with certain conditions ...

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A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

Synonyms for CAVEAT: warning, caution, admonition, notice, limitation, forewarning, heads-up, alert, prohibition, admonishment.

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As mentioned above, a caveat is a caution or warning that one party gives to another entity before they enter into an agreement. Anyone can include caveats as ...

The modern use of caveat as a verb meaning “to qualify with a proviso” is often considered awkward or improper.