caveats
Strings attached here
Caveats are warnings, qualifications, or limiting conditions attached to a statement or agreement.
A caveat tempers what might otherwise seem absolute: The study showed promising results, with several caveats about sample size.
Legal documents include caveats to protect against unforeseen circumstances.
To add a caveat is to say "yes, but" before the but arrives.
Conditional clause in contracts
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- conditionState or stipulation
restriction · limitation · clause · contingency · exemption · exclusion · loophole · prerequisite
Careful attention to risk
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- noticeBecome aware of
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
admonition · heads-up · disclaimer · note · reminder · concern · misgiving · hesitation
proviso
Conditional clause in contracts
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
condition · restriction · limitation · clause · contingency · exemption · exclusion · loophole · prerequisite · precondition
caution
Careful attention to risk
forewarning · admonition · heads-up · disclaimer · note · reminder · concern · misgiving · hesitation · objection
- fine printfine print, small print, disclaimer, disclaimers, terms
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- hedginghedging, hedge, hedges, hedge bet, qualifier
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
- particularsdetails, specifics, particulars, minutiae, nuances
- indirectnesscircumlocution, euphemism, hedging, hint, hinting
caveatsguarantees
Promises ensuring specific outcomes
assurances · certainties · warranties · promises · absolutes
caveatsendorsements
Formal declarations of support
recommendations · reassurances · encouragements · green lights · approvals
- caveat emptorWarning to shoppers