prevention
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Britannica Dictionary definition of PREVENTION
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the act or practice of stopping something bad from happening
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the act of preventing something
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Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
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crime/fire prevention
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(US) an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure = (Brit) prevention is better than cure [=it is better and easier to stop a problem, illness, etc., from happening than to stop or correct it after it has started]
