caveat
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- n a warning against certain acts
a caveat against unfair practices - n (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
a caveat filed against the probate of a will
- But until then, we need to add a caveat to everything we hear and see coming out of Tehran.
- Ekman's lessons come with one large caveat: even the best liar catchers cannot be right 100% of the time.
- Jones offers a caveat to Obama's honeymoon ending: "However, falling below 50% would hardly mark a point of no return for Obama.