warenessn.
Obsolete exc. poetic.
Cautiousness, vigilance.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun]
wareness971
i-warnessa1250
awaitc1374
watch14..
circumspecta1513
vigilancy1537
vigilance1570
advigilancy1577
wait?1578
vigilantnessa1599
lookout1599
watchfulness1611
alert1801
wakefulness1830
outlook1879
monitoring1924
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun]
wareness971
warelinessc1000
warningc1000
beseeing1340
cautel1531
warefulness1548
wariness1552
chariness1571
circumspectness1581
circumspection1598
warisomeness1607
guard1609
cautionateness1619
cautelousnessa1624
cautiona1639
cautiousness1649
guardedness1807
cacannyness1917
pussy-footedness1917
pussyfooting1956
leeriness1961
971 Blickl. Hom. 213 Hæfde he miccle lufan & ealle wærnesse to ælcum men.
1357 Lay Folks Catech. (L.) 1273 The v. vertu ys warnesse and sleyȝte. in god to know þe goode fro þe yuyl.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 92 He schal..take greet waarnes that he be not..bigilid.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Mviii Discreit cautele or warenes, and diligence, wt suche other.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 78 I..dare not wthout grete warnes geue it in to ye body.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxi. 125 Let euerie of vs..rowse vp all our wittis, and gather them about vs applying them earnestly to this care and warenesse which Moses speaketh of here.
1930 W. H. Auden Poems 57 In his day-thinking and in his night-thinking Is wareness and is fear of other.
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