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Antonyms for precaution

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-kaw-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkɔ ʃən


Definition of precaution

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French précaution (16c.) and directly from Late Latin praecautionem (nominative praecautio) "a safeguarding," from past participle stem of Latin praecavere "to guard against beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + cavere "to be one's own guard" (see caution (n.)). The verb meaning "to warn (someone) in advance" is from c.1700.
  • noun carefulness; preventative measure
Example sentences :
  • (b) What precaution should be taken in the use of flavorings?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Only she ought to have told him of the precaution she had taken.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • This was a precaution we always took, on account of the craft's being so tender.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Where the forbidden thing is, no precaution can be too great.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Just by way of precaution, however, I'll ask you to wait in here till I'm off.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • No; but it is necessary that every precaution should be taken with it.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Venner's plot showed the reality of the danger and justified the precaution.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Events proved that my precaution was not altogether useless.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • I took the precaution to subscribe to no other newspaper than the Moniteur.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
  • Thus Macquart did not even take the precaution to have the gates shut.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

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