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a measure taken to preclude loss or injury
- as parents of young children, they have taken the usual precaution of locking up their household cleansers
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“Precaution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precaution. Accessed 20 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of precaution was in 1599
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