"carefront" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: carefronts [present, singular, third-person], carefronting [participle, present], carefronted [participle, past], carefronted [past]
Etymology: Blend of care + confront Etymology templates: {{blend|en|care|confront}} Blend of care + confront Head templates: {{en-verb}} carefront (third-person singular simple present carefronts, present participle carefronting, simple past and past participle carefronted)
  1. (transitive) To caringly confront; to approach (someone) and reprove them in a loving and respectful manner. Tags: transitive Related terms: carefrontation
    Sense id: en-carefront-en-verb-qX0oybf4 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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