cautioning Definition

caution
noun

1. Care in avoiding danger; prudent wariness.

Thesaurus: prudence, care, heed, wariness, discretion, circumspection.
2. A warning.

Thesaurus: warning, admonition, alarm, tip-off, premonition.
3. A reprimand or scolding for an offence, accompanied by a warning not to repeat it.
4. law.
A warning from the police to someone suspected of an offence, that anything he or she says may be used as evidence.
5. old use, colloq
An amusing person or thing.

verb cautioned, cautioning

tr & intr
1. To warn or admonish someone.

Thesaurus: warn, advise, alert, urge, admonish, forewarn.
2. To give someone a legal caution.

Etymology: 17c: French, from Latin cautio, from cavere, cautum to take heed.