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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Wariness

/wĕr'-ēn-ĭs/ · Wa·ri·ness · IPA /wˈɛriːnɪs/
01 n. The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.
    “To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used.” — Sprat.