precautionary measures
Actions preventing harm
Precautionary measures are actions taken in advance to prevent something undesirable from happening or to reduce potential harm.
The phrase appears frequently in contexts involving safety, health, and risk management: The company implemented precautionary measures against data breaches.
While measures alone can convey the same meaning, adding precautionary emphasizes the preventive rather than reactive nature of the actions—you take precautionary measures before trouble arrives, not after.
- emergency exitsDesignated escape routes
- vaccinationsInjections conferring disease immunity
- booster shotsSupplemental vaccine doses
- insurance policiesContracts transferring financial risk
- fire extinguishersDevices for dousing flames
handwashing · protective gear · contingency plans · backup plan · health screenings · smoke detectors · legal contracts · seat belts · double checking · safety drills · safety goggles · first aid kits · savings accounts · rainy day fund · emergency funds · security cameras · sanitizers · evacuation plans
- harm preventiondo no harm, harm prevention, harm reduction, patient safety, safety protocols
- dangerhazard, peril, risk, threat, menace
- risk analysisrisk assessment, risk management, risk mitigation, risk analysis, risk factors
- risk assessmentrisk factors, risk mitigation, exposure assessment, dose-response, relative risk
precautionary measuresdamage control
Limiting further harm
corrective measures · emergency response · cleanup efforts · firefighting · triage
precautionary measuresrecklessness
Careless disregard for danger
carelessness · negligence · reckless abandon · throwing caution to the wind · risk-taking
precautionary measuresinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
complacency · neglect · doing nothing · passivity · apathy
precaution, precautions, precautionary, caution, cautions, cautious, cautiously, cautiousness, incautious