forestallment
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English forstallement, equivalent to forestall + -ment.
Noun edit
forestallment (plural forestallments)
- The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hindrance; prevention; aversion.
- 1853, Boston (Mass.). School Committee, Report of the Annual Examination of the Public Schools:
- 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, [...]