Usually means: Using others to soften emotional blows.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word cushioning:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. cushioning: Merriam-Webster
  2. cushioning: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cushioning: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cushioning, cushioning: Wordnik
  5. cushioning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cushioning: Wiktionary
  7. Cushioning, cushioning: Dictionary.com
  8. cushioning: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Cushioning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Cushioning: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. cushioning: Rhymezone
  12. Cushioning: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. cushioning: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cushioning: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. cushioning: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. cushioning: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cushioning: Legal dictionary
  2. cushioning: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cushioning: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cushioning: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cushioning: Idioms

(Note: See cushion as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cushioning)

noun:  Material used to cushion something.
noun:  (slang, neologism, social media) The act or practice of someone entertaining other potential romantic options while in a committed relationship.

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