Synonyms:
prevention, bar
Meaning: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
Usage examples
None of these acts made it an offense to prevent conception--all of them provided punishment for anyone disseminating information concerning the prevention of conception.
In order that the principles of prevention may receive their fullest application during pregnancy, labor, and the lying-in period, it is also advisable that intelligent women should possess some knowledge of the Reproductive Process in human beings.
The author foresaw what parts might be expected to meet with the objection of the censor, and for that reason he softened them by way of prevention, modified them slightly, or contented himself with innuendo and allusion to what really wanted to flow from his pen.