Bolsterment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of bolstering. uncountable

    "Because Caroline and Caleb had paid no attention to him when he made the first martini, he now made a second, for energy and general bolsterment, and officially considered it his first."

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"Because Caroline and Caleb had paid no attention to him when he made the first martini, he now made a second, for energy and general bolsterment, and officially considered it his first."

Etymology

From bolster + -ment.

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