Caution vs Decreet - What's the difference?
caution | decreet |
Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
* Shakespeare
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
Security; guaranty; bail.
* Clarendon
One who gives rise to attention or astonishment.
A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
As nouns the difference between caution and decreet
is that caution is precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction while decreet is (scotland|legal) the final judgment of the court of session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.As a verb caution
is to warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.caution
English
Noun
(en noun)- In way of caution I must tell you.
- The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted.
- Oh, that boy, he's a caution ! He does make me laugh.