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
Proscription and forestallment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proscription" instead a noun "Forestallment".
Proscription
Proscription noun - The act of ordering that something not be done or used.
Forestallment and proscription are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forestallment" instead a noun "Proscription".
Nearby Words: proscribe, proscribed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstruction and forestallment
- obstruction and proscription
- impediment and forestallment
- impediment and proscription
- hindrance and forestallment
- hindrance and proscription
- bar and forestallment
- bar and proscription
- forbidding and forestallment
- forbidding and proscription
- exclusion and forestallment
- exclusion and proscription
- interdiction and forestallment
- interdiction and proscription
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Proscription and Forestallment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forestallment/proscription
Forestallment & Proscription. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forestallment/proscription>.
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