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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Precaution \Pre*cau"tion\, noun [F. pr['e]cation, L. praecautio, fr. praecavere, praecautum, to guard against beforehand; prae before + cavere be on one's guard. See {Pre-}, and {Caution}.]
1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. --J. H. Newman.
2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Precaution \Pre*cau"tion\, verb (used with an object) [Cf. F. pr['e]cautionner.]
1. To warn or caution beforehand. --Locke.
2. To take precaution against. [R.] --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
precaution
noun
1: 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" [syn: {safeguard}, {guard}]
2: the trait of practicing caution in advance
3: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care" [syn: {caution}, {care}, {forethought}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "precaution": alertness, anticipation, apprehension, attention, canniness, care, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, cover, discreetness, discretion, escape, forearming, forebode, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethought, forethoughtfulness, forewarn, give advance notice, insurance, measures, portend, precautions, precautiousness, premonish, prenotify, preventive measure, prewarn, protection, providence, provision, prudence, safeguard, steps, steps and measures, tell in advance, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness
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