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forestalment

forestalment is the alternative form of forestallment.

Meaning of forestallment

Noun

forestallment (plural forestallments)

  1. The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hindrance; prevention; aversion.
    • One of the most important objects of our Schools, is the forestallment of crime, by bringing the minds of the children under proper influences, before they have become contaminated with vice, [...]1853, Boston (Mass.). School Committee, Report of the Annual Examination of the Public Schools

Forms of forestalment

pluralforestalments

Origin of forestalment

From forestal + -ment.

Questions about forestalment

What is forestalment the alternative form of?
Forestalment is the alternative form of forestallment.

Words near forestalment in the dictionary

  1. forestallingly
  2. forestallings
  3. forestallment
  4. forestallments
  5. forestalls
  6. forestalment
  7. forestalments
  8. forestals
  9. forestand
  10. forestanding
  11. forestart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forestalment (page history and authors); forestallment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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