Synonyms of forestallment

forestallment

noun

as in prevention

the act or practice of keeping something from happening

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prevention
• avoidance
• prohibition
• precluding
• prohibiting
• neutralization
• averting
• circumvention
• nullification
• crossing
• thwarting
• negation
• debarment
• enjoining
• deterrence
• checkmate
• barring
• outlawing
• forbidding
• baffling
• proscribing
• proscription
• frustration
• determent
• interdiction
• foiling
• balking
• interdicting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assistance
• support
• aid
• backing
• promotion
• cultivation
• encouragement
• advancement
• facilitation
• nurture