'Prevention' definitions:
Definition of 'prevention'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention, bar]
Definition of 'Prevention'
From: GCIDE
- Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]vention.]
- 1. The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] --Hammond. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prevention'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abortion,
- anticipation,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arresting,
- avoidance,
- avoiding,
- avoiding reaction,
- balk,
- balking,
- ban,
- banning,
- bar,
- barring,
- block,
- blocking,
- check,
- checking,
- circumvention,
- contraband,
- control,
- controlling,
- curb,
- curbing,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- defense mechanism,
- delay,
- delaying,
- denial,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- disallowance,
- discouragement,
- dodge,
- duck,
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- elusion,
- elusiveness,
- embargo,
- enjoining,
- equivocation,
- escape,
- estoppel,
- evasion,
- evasive action,
- evasiveness,
- exclusion,
- foiling,
- forbearance,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- foreclosure,
- forestalling,
- forestallment,
- frustrating,
- frustration,
- getting around,
- halt,
- halting,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- impedance,
- impeding,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- inhibiting,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- intercepting,
- interception,
- interdict,
- interdicting,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- jink,
- law,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- neutrality,
- no-no,
- nonintervention,
- noninvolvement,
- obstructing,
- obstruction,
- obviation,
- preclusion,
- prohibiting,
- prohibition,
- Prohibition Party,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscribing,
- proscription,
- refraining,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- repression,
- restraining,
- restraint,
- restrictive covenants,
- retardation,
- ruling out,
- shunning,
- shunting off,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- sidetracking,
- slip,
- slowing,
- statute,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- the runaround,
- thwarting,
- Volstead Act,
- zigzag,
- zoning,
- zoning laws
Words containing 'Prevention'
- Prevent,
- Preventability,
- Preventable,
- Preventative,
- Prevented,
- Preventer,
- Preventing,
- Preventingly,
- Preventional,
- Preventive,
- Preventively,
- Preventer bolts,
- Preventer plates,
- Preventer stay,
- Preventive service,
- birth prevention,
- preventive attack,
- preventive medicine,
- preventive strike,
- center for disease control and prevention,
- centre for international crime prevention,
- united nations crime prevention and criminal justice,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention