Synonyms for provisos

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pruh-vahy-zoh

Phonetic Transcription : prəˈvaɪ zoʊ

Top 10 synonyms for provisos

Other synonyms for the word provisos

Définition of provisos

Origin : mid-15c., from Medieval Latin proviso (quod) "provided (that)," phrase at the beginning of clauses in legal documents (mid-14c.), from Latin proviso "it being provided," ablative neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (see provide). Related: Provisory.

noun stipulation, condition of agreement
noun provision
noun stipulation

Example sentences :

Did the duke make any of these provisos when he gave you your regiment?
Extract from : « The Piccolomini » by Friedrich Schiller

Unfortunately, these provisos are very far from being fulfilled.
Extract from : « Boy Labour and Apprenticeship » by Reginald Arthur Bray

What touches the Art may require certain cautions and provisos.
Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury

There were, however, two provisos made, or as such we understood them.
Extract from : « When the World Shook » by H. Rider Haggard

If all these allowances and provisos are too many for him to make, it is probably useless for him to attempt the Noctes at all.
Extract from : « Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 » by George Saintsbury

I make three provisos only, none of which affect the force of my argument for immediate practical purposes.
Extract from : « The Economic Consequences of the Peace » by John Maynard Keynes

Provisos and warnings may be taken as having been made sufficiently: and we pass to the actual survey.
Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury

But none of these restrictions or provisos is requisite, or could for a moment be thought of, in reference to Charles Lamb.
Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury

These provisos admitted, in other things I may prove a tractable and complying husband.
Extract from : « The Way of the World » by William Congreve

The brutality of these two provisos brands its authors as barbarians.
Extract from : « The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 » by American Anti-Slavery Society

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