prevention
English Thesaurus
1. the act of preventing (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | averting, |
| definition | : | the act of preventing something from occurring (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | debarment, |
| definition | : | the act of prevention by legal means (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | disqualification, |
| definition | : | the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | interception, |
| definition | : | the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | non-proliferation, nonproliferation, |
| definition | : | the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | prophylaxis, |
| definition | : | the prevention of disease (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | save, |
| definition | : | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bar, debar, exclude, |
| definition | : | prevent from entering; keep out (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | keep, prevent, |
| definition | : | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | bar, debar, exclude, |
| definition | : | prevent from entering; keep out (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | keep, prevent, |
| definition | : | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state (verb.social) |
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