Usually means: Nurturing care provided to another.
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  1. fosterment: Wordnik
  2. fosterment: Wiktionary
  3. Fosterment, fosterment: Dictionary.com
  4. Fosterment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. fosterment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Fosterment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. fosterment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. fosterment: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Fosterment: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fosterment)

▸ noun:  The act of fostering or encouraging something.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) food; nourishment

Similar:
fosterage, encouragement, fostering, fomentation, furthering, adoption, abetment, furtherment, aiding, bolstering, more...

Opposite:
stiflement, hindrance, obstruction

Types:
adoption, respite care, kinship care, foster-to-adopt, legal guardianship, more...

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Similar:
fosterage, encouragement, fostering, fomentation, furthering, adoption, abetment, furtherment, aiding, bolstering, more...

Opposite:
stiflement, hindrance, obstruction

Types:
adoption, respite care, kinship care, foster-to-adopt, legal guardianship, more...



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