Noun

• S: (n) fostering, fosterage (encouragement; aiding the development of something)
• S: (n) breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community) "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form