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incaution

noun
/ɪnˈkɔːʃən/UK

Etymology

From in- + caution.

  1. derived from cautiō
  2. derived from caution
  3. inherited from caucioun — “bail, guarantee, pledge”
  4. formed as incaution — “in- + caution”

Definitions

  1. A lack of caution.

    • Lest through incaution failing, thou mayst be / A joy to others, a reproach to me.
    • Little did the members of the expedition, little did the cheering spectators on that exciting day divine the strange neglects, the strange incautions, and the consequent disasters and deaths […]
    • It always felt as though Hain's career, which began so powerfully with his youthful campaigning against apartheid, was going to come unstuck, but through political incaution, not financial incompetence.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA