cautiousness

noun

cautiousness

noun

Etymology From cautious + -ness.

1

Usually The state of being cautious; wariness

  • This extreme cautiousness, which was, indeed, the most remarkable feature in his character, still made itself prominent after his elevation.1853, Daniel Parish Kidder, The Lives of the Popes:

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