different between admonition vs caveat

English

Etymology

From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.

Noun

admonition (plural admonitions)

1. Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Related terms

• admonish

Translations

Anagrams

• domination

French

Pronunciation

Noun

admonition f (plural admonitions)

1. an admonition, a warning

Further reading

• “admonition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

admonition c

1. an admonition, a warning

Declension

Synonyms

• varning

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caveat (“may he beware of”), from cave? (“I beware of”), from Proto-Italic *kaw?? (“to beware, be mindful of”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?- (“to perceive; to pay attention”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæv?æt/, /?ke?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kævi?t/, /-æt/
• Rhymes: -æt, -??t
• Hyphenation: ca?ve?at

Noun

caveat (plural caveats)

1. A warning.
2. A qualification or exemption.
3. (law) A formal objection.
   1. (law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
4. (law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Translations

Verb

caveat (third-person singular simple present caveats, present participle caveating or caveatting, simple past and past participle caveated or caveatted)

1. (transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
2. (transitive, law) To formally object to something.
   1. (transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
3. (transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.

Usage notes

The modern use of caveat as a verb meaning “to qualify with a proviso” is often considered awkward or improper.

Derived terms

Related terms

• caveat emptor
• caveat lector
• caveat loan

Translations

See also

• caveating (noun)

References

• Bryan A. Garner, editor (2004) , “caveat”, in Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition, St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, ?ISBN, page 236.
• Bryan A. Garner (2001) , “caveat”, in A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 2nd edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 140.

Further reading

• caveat (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vacate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.u?e.at/, [?käu?eät?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.ve.at/, [?k??v??t?]

Verb

caveat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of cave?

Spanish

Noun

caveat m (plural caveats)

1. caveat