1. a measure taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening:"he had taken the precaution of seeking legal advice"
Word Originlate 16th century (in the sense ‘prudent foresight’): from French précaution, from late Latin praecautio(n-), from Latin praecavere, from prae ‘before’ + cavere ‘take heed, beware of’.
