Betrustment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted. obsolete

    "They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment."

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"They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment."

Etymology

From betrust + -ment.

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