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cautelousness

cautelousness noun: the state or quality of being cautelous.

Noun

cautelousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being cautelous.
    • Now it ſeems this clauſe of abundant cautelouſneſs was not in the oath of the earls and barons, neither needed it: for if K. Stephen broke with his people, of courſe their fealty ceaſed.1769, Samuel Johnson, “A History and Defence of Magna Charta”, in A History and Defence of Magna Charta, Dublin: James Williams, page 125

Origin of cautelousness

From cautelous + -ness.

Questions about cautelousness

What does cautelousness mean?
Cautelousness means the state or quality of being cautelous.
What part of speech is cautelousness?
Cautelousness is a noun.

Words near cautelousness in the dictionary

  1. caut
  2. cauted
  3. cautel
  4. cautelous
  5. cautelously
  6. cautelousness
  7. cautels
  8. cauter
  9. cauterant
  10. cauterants
  11. cauteries

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