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Prevention


PREVEN'TION, noun The act of going before.

1. Preoccupation; anticipation. [Little Used.]

2. The act of hindering; hinderance; obstruction of access or approach.

Prevention of sin is one of the greatest mercies God can vouchsafe.

3. Prejudice; prepossession; a French sense, but not in use in English.