13 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
adjective taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
originEtymology tree English precaution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English precautionary From precaution + -ary.
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