"forestallment" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1853, Boston (Mass.). School Committee, Report of the Annual Examination of the Public Schools:",
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        "The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hindrance; prevention; aversion."
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          "forestalling",
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          "delay",
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          "hindrance",
          "hindrance"
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          "prevention",
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          "aversion",
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        {
          "word": "determent"
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