cautionary

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cautionary Definition

• (s) tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
• (s) serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"

cautionary Synonyms

• admonitory
• cautionary
• exemplary
• monitory
• preventive
• prophylactic
• warning(a)