pre-caution

Main Entry:
precaution [pri-kaw-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: carefulness; preventative measure
Synonyms: anticipation, canniness, care, caution, circumspection, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, insurance, protection, providence, provision, prudence, regard, safeguard, safety measure, wariness
Antonyms: carelessness
Main Entry: care
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: carefulness, attention to detail
Synonyms: alertness, caution, circumspection, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, fastidiousness, forethought, heed, interest, management, meticulousness, nicety, pains, particularity, precaution, prudence, regard, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness
Antonyms: carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight
Main Entry: discretion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: caution, judgment
Synonyms: acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom
Antonyms: carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: foresight
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental preparedness
Synonyms: anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far-sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, long-sightedness, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prenotion, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity
Antonyms: hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: forethought
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental preparedness
Synonyms: anticipation, canniness, caution, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense
Antonyms: hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: preparation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: development, readiness
Synonyms: alertness, anticipation, arrangement, background, base, basis, build-up, construction, dry run, education, establishment, evolution, expectation, fitting, foresight, formation, foundation, gestation, getting ready, groundwork, homework, incubation, lead time, making ready, manufacture, measure, plan, precaution, preparedness, preparing, provision, putting in order, qualification, readying, rehearsal, rundown, safeguard, schoolwork, study, substructure, training, tryout, workout
Antonyms: unreadiness
Main Entry: provision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supplies, supplying
Synonyms: accouterment, arrangement, catering, emergency, equipping, fitting out, foundation, furnishing, groundwork, outline, plan, prearrangement, precaution, preparation, procurement, providing, stock, store, supplying
Antonyms: removal, taking
Main Entry: safety net
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: security guarantee
Synonyms: benefits, buffer, government aid, insurance, level of economic security guaranteed by government, parachute, precaution, precautions, preventive measure, protection, protective umbrella, safeguard, safety plug, safety valve, sheet anchor, subsidy
Main Entry: security
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: safety, protection
Synonyms: aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, safeness, safety measure, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant
Antonyms: danger, insecurity, peril, trouble
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