Usually means: Action taken to avoid occurrence.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word preventiveness:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. preventiveness: Merriam-Webster
  2. preventiveness: Collins English Dictionary
  3. preventiveness: Wordnik
  4. preventiveness: Wiktionary
  5. preventiveness: Dictionary.com
  6. preventiveness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preventiveness: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preventiveness: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. preventiveness: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. preventiveness: Medical dictionary

(Note: See preventive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (preventiveness)

noun:  The quality of being preventive.

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