Precaution

Definition:

  • (n.) Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
  • (n.) A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
  • (v. t.) To warn or caution beforehand.
  • (v. t.) To take precaution against.

Compare precaution with other words:

precaution vs. prediction

precation vs. precaution

care vs. precaution

danger vs. precaution

forewit vs. precaution

precaution vs. protection

admonition vs. precaution

precaution vs. safety

measure vs. precaution

precaution vs. preserve

afraid vs. precaution

precaution vs. prevent

foresight vs. precaution

precaution vs. warning

cation vs. precaution

precaution vs. precautionary