[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or state of being cautious; wariness, heedfulness, caution.
1648. Eikon Bas. (1824), 64. I could not but approve their generous constancy and cautiousnesse.
1712. Addison, Spect., No. 399, ¶ 7. We should always act with great Cautiousness and Circumspection.
1887. Law Times, LXXXII. 205/2. A cautiousness which is hardly distinguishable from timidity.
