caveat
noun
Meanings
- A warning.
There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
- A qualification or exemption.
He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.
- A formal objection.
- A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
verb
Meanings
- To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
- To formally object to something.
- To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
- To warn or caution against some event.