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Cautiousness   /kˈɔʃəsnəs/   Listen
Cautiousness

noun
1.
The trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger.  Synonyms: carefulness, caution.






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"Cautiousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... inclined to cautiousness, while Bobby had a reckless turn, or rather failed to see danger. Bobby was naturally a leader, and in spite of his youth Jimmy instinctively recognized him as such. He could always overcome Jimmy's scruples and cautions, and with ...
— Bobby of the Labrador • Dillon Wallace

... are no exception to the Indian race generally, hesitating to set a price, for fear you might pay more if you should be asked; raising upon their figures if you accept an offer too readily; or backing down altogether, even after delivery, and demanding the article back again. Their extreme cautiousness in dealing with the whites is doubtless due in a great measure to having been so outrageously cheated by many of the early traders. At length, after several refusals on my part to accede to their excessive demands, and consultations of the owner with ...
— Official report of the exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands - for the government of British Columbia • Newton H. Chittenden



Words linked to "Cautiousness" :   caution, attentiveness, carefulness, incaution, cautious



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