# leave no trace

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To follow certain outdoor ethical guidelines while camping, etc., so thoroughly that it would appear as though one had never previously been there, for the sake of nature conservation.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, no, trace.

## Etymology
Coined around the 1960s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leave-no-trace