Synonyms:
precaution, safeguard, guard
Meaning: a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
Synonyms:
precaution
Meaning: the trait of practicing caution in advance
Synonyms:
caution, precaution, care, forethought
Meaning: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
Usage examples
I will take the precaution to add
"I think it is a wise precaution.
"I merely ask from ordinary precaution.
A very wise precaution in itself, but, as things turned out, quite useless.
"Perhaps he obtained it as his last and utmost precaution against evil, yesterday.
Very few neglect this precaution; each, in her own manner, conceals the eggs she lays.
Yet, bound by his oath, he hesitated not for an instant. He only took the precaution to change his armor.
The only precaution he had taken in coming to the archbishopric was to leave his arquebuse in the hands of a friend.
It was also by night alone that I could hope to accomplish my object, and then only by adopting the utmost precaution.
Here Hans advanced only with extreme precaution, sounding his way with his iron-pointed pole, to discover any crevasses in it.