forestallmentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English forstallement, equivalent to forestall +‎ -ment.

名詞

forestallment (複数形 forestallments)

1. 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, [...]

同意語

• determent
• deterrence
• preclusion