Forestallment
Forestallment noun - The act or practice of keeping something from happening.
Usage example: by raising the necessary funds, the historical society was able to effect a last-minute forestallment of the demolition of the town's oldest house
Nullification and forestallment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nullification" instead a noun "Forestallment".
Nullification
Nullification noun - The doing away with something by formal action.
Forestallment and nullification are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forestallment" instead a noun "Nullification".
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