Definition of "prevention" []

• The act of preventing or impeding. (noun)
• A hindrance; an obstacle. (noun)

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• "Natural remedies tend to stress long-term prevention, which is ultimately better than an immediate, temporary cure."
• "Meanwhile, the Yemenia Airways said that it will organize a rally to the French Embassy in Sana'a on Tuesday, against what they describe as the prevention of the French troops to the Yemeni divers from entering a large area where the airbus 310 wreckage is expected to be."
• "Other agencies covered in the OMB Watch report have approached rulemaking informed by the old adage, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."