fosterage

Noun

Meaning

The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

raising breeding nurture fostering rearing upbringing bringing up interest training care adoption elevation cultivation backing patronage
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Antonyms

loss daunt damage opposition block bar
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Hypernyms

encouragement socialization acculturation socialisation enculturation

Anagrams

forestage

Examples

they debated whether nature or nurture was more important Source: Internet

McLaverty, Michael (2002) Collected short stories Blackstaff Press Ltd pxiii ISBN 0-85640-727-5 Heaney's poem Fosterage, in the sequence Singing School from North (1975), is dedicated to him. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

foster-nurse foster-parentship fosterable fostercare fosterer fosteress