prevenience

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin praeveniēns (preceding, coming before).

Noun[edit]

prevenience (countable and uncountable, plural preveniences)

  1. (Methodism) The act or condition of occurring earlier, of being antecedent.
  2. (Methodism) Something done beforehand in anticipation of a later situation.

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