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NURTURANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nurturance mean? 

NURTURANCE (noun)
  The noun NURTURANCE has 1 sense:

1. physical and emotional care and nourishmentplay

  Familiarity information: NURTURANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NURTURANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Physical and emotional care and nourishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("nurturance" is a kind of...):

aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)

Derivation:

nurture (provide with nourishment)


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