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Definition of preventive:

Tending to prevent or hinder; hindering the access of; preservative.
That which intercepts the access or approach of; an antidote previously taken or employed.

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

And the bill provided for the appointment of finance committees, trustees, auditors, and a regular publication of all the accounts, as the only efficient remedy and preventive of such abuses.

- "The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860", Charles Duke Yonge.
For this there is a certain preventive.

- "Soil Culture", J. H. Walden.
" You would have been a powerful preventive in the face of such a brutal ruffian as Captain Flanger," said Christy with a sneer.

- "Fighting for the Right", Oliver Optic.