rearing

Adjective

• rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
  • a lion rampant
    

Noun

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
  • they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
    

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rampant(ip) , breeding , bringing up , fostering , fosterage , nurture , raising , upbringing