Fosterage

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  • n. An act of fostering another's child as if it were your own.
  • n. A condition of being the foster child.
  • n. Promoting or encouragement given by act or word.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of fostering, nursing:, or nourishing; specifically, the rearing of another's child as one's own, in the relation of foster-parent and foster-child.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
  • n. encouragement; aiding the development of something
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    socialisation    enculturation    socialization    acculturation    encouragement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aid    promotion    nurture    nourish    nourishment   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    militaryservice    genuflexion    ascendeth   
     
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