caveat
n. countablen. a warning or a special condition that you should consider before doing something. It is like a 'but' or a 'just so you know' added to a statement.
n. a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations. Often used to qualify a statement or agreement to prevent misunderstanding.
The offer sounds great, but there is one major caveat.
The committee approved the new budget with the caveat that no further hiring would occur this year.
While the preliminary data suggests a breakthrough, the lead researcher added the caveat that the sample size was too small for a definitive conclusion.
Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“I beware of”). Doublet of show, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”).
Commonly used with the verbs 'add', 'issue', or 'provide'; often followed by the conjunction 'that'.