cautelousness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English cautelous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cautelousness From cautelous + -ness.
Meanings
-
(uncountable) The state or quality of being cautelous.
Now it ſeems this clauſe of abundant cautelouſneſs was not in the oath of the earls and barons, neither needed it: for if K. Stephen broke with his people, of courſe their fealty ceaſed.
1769, Samuel Johnson, “A History and Defence of Magna Charta”, in A History and Defence of Magna Charta, Dublin: James Williams, page 125: