EGAVE

fosterage

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
  2. noun The act of caring for another human being or animal.
  3. noun The condition of being the foster child.
  4. noun The act of promoting or encouraging something.

Similar words

fostering upbringing rearing nurture raising breeding bringing up nurturing fosterhood fosterling

Often followed by

and in of is was with or to as

Word family

fosterages

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