caveat
General noun
A warning or qualification limiting how a statement should be interpreted.
These conclusions carry an important caveat about sample size.
Medicine noun
A warning or qualification attached to a statement, limiting its scope or certainty.
The referral letter added a caveat that the diagnosis was based on limited investigations.
Law noun
A formal notice entered to suspend a proceeding until the person lodging it has been heard.
A caveat was lodged at the probate registry to prevent a grant issuing on the disputed will.
Business noun
A warning or qualification limiting the scope of a statement or commitment.
His endorsement of the terms came with the caveat that financing remained unconfirmed.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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