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It is a noun that means the act or practice of fostering or fostering a child. You can use it when discussing the relationship between a foster parent and a foster child, or in the context of a larger discussion about the foster care system. Example: "The state's fosterage system is in need of reform, as many children are left without stable and caring foster homes."
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fosterage
noun
An act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
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Some groups may have practiced "fosterage": the exchange of children to cement alliances.
McLaverty was an early influence – "... to hell with overstating it," he warned, as recorded in the Heaney poem "Fosterage".
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