precaution
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- n a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution - n the trait of practicing caution in advance
- n judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
- Is evacuating a school bus full of children because of a lone peanut on the floor a smart precaution or overkill?.
- The tapping of youngsters like Raveling and Wilson, both well over six-feet in height, to serve as marshals was a last-minute security precaution.
- Chui deleted the new names and took the extra precaution of replacing all the passwords for those authorized to change patient records.