prevention

noun preventions

1. countable, uncountable The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. a fire prevention campaign
2. countable, uncountable Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.). Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.
3. countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of going, or state of being, before. It is generally knowne and obserued, that Light, and the Obiect of Sight, moue swifter than Sound; For we see the Flash of a Peece [i.e. firearm] is seene sooner, than the Noise is heard. […] And the greater the Distance, the greater is the Preuention: As we see in Thunder, which is farre off; where
4. countable, obsolete, uncountable Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks [Suffolk, York and Beaufort] Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings, And, fly thou how thou canst, they’ll tangle thee: But fear not thou, until thy foot be snared, Nor never seek prevention of thy foes.
5. countable, uncountable precaution; forethought. 1659, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, The Gospel according to S. LUKE, Chapter 14, verse 3, p. 238, And Jesus […] by way of prevention asked a question of the Doctors of the law and Pharisees that were present, saying, Is th