prevention

Main Entry:
prevention [pri-ven-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stop
Synonyms: avoidance, blockage, deterence, determent, forestalling, halt, hindrance, impediment, inhibitor, interception, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, stoppage, thwarting
Main Entry: avoidance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: eluding; preventing
Synonyms: absention, circumvention, delay, departure, dodge, dodging, elusion, escape, escapism, eschewal, evasion, flight, forbearance, nonparticipation, parry, passive resistance, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, run-around, self-restraint, shirking, shunning, steering clear of
Antonyms: meeting
Main Entry: exclusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: expulsion; forbiddance
Synonyms: ban, bar, blackball, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto
Antonyms: acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome
Main Entry: inhibition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restriction, hindrance
Synonyms: bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression
Antonyms: aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation
Main Entry: inoculation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: immunization
Synonyms: injection, prevention, shot, vaccination
Main Entry: opposition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction, antagonism
Synonyms: action, antinomy, antithesis, aversion, brush, civil disobedience, clash, combat, competition, con, conflict, confronting, contention, contest, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterattack, defense, defiance, disapproval, duel, encounter, engagement, fray, grapple, hostility, negativism, obstructiveness, opposure, oppugnancy, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, unfriendliness, violation, war, warfare
Antonyms: compatibility, harmony, peace
Main Entry: prohibition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ban, forbiddance
Synonyms: bar, constraint, disallowance, don't, embargo, exclusion, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no, obstruction, off limits, out of bounds, prevention, proscription, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo, temperance, veto
Antonyms: allowance, clearance, permission
Main Entry: restraint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-control
Synonyms: abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding
Antonyms: agitation, arousal, wildness
Main Entry: prophylaxis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: precaution
Synonyms: prevention, sanitation, treatment
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