caution
noun
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness.
overcaution
-
a word derived from
caution.
Example Sentences
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With a trial this complex, that structure guarantees extensive litigation after the trial and overcaution now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2018
She knew the transition from asset to wreck could be lethally quick, and a consequence of either impatience or overcaution by salvors.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
It's time to defend the “cannibal cop”: He's a weirdo, not a monster, and the U.S. attorney's office means to roast him on the spit of prudery and overcaution.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2013
Lawyers may be smacking their lips over transport secretary Lord Adonis's brave admission of overcaution.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2010
Once he paused abruptly when a rabbit jumped out of a clump of quaking-aspens, a hundred yards ahead, only to chuckle at his own overcaution.
From Hidden Gold by Wilder Anthony
