The act or practice of forestalling; prevention or obstruction of something.
From 'forestall' + '-ment' (noun-forming suffix, from Latin '-mentum'). The '-ment' suffix creates an abstract noun naming the state or action of forestalling.
This is 'forestalling' but more formal and bureaucratic—used in legal documents when you want to sound official about preventing something.
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