prevenance

noun3

1. •
   Solicitousness; thoughtfulness; complaisance.

   • Among the higher circles of society this latter quality prevails very generally, while the gentlemen have more prevenance towards ladies. — 1838
2. •
   An act of kindness; a courteous or thoughtful gesture.

   • It was the early days of their marriage over again: the same good humour, prevenances, merriment, and artless confidence and regard. — 1848
3. •
   A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.

   • The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence. — 1779