precaution.
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.
Meaning & usage
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.
his life was saved by precaution
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
to take precautions against risks of accident
Where this word comes from
From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.
To warn or caution beforehand.
To take precaution against.
Where this word comes from
From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.
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