Controlment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Control. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "What is Lauinia then become so loose, Or Bassianus so degenerate, That for her loue such quarrels may be broacht, Without controulement, Iustice, or reuenge?"

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"What is Lauinia then become so loose, Or Bassianus so degenerate, That for her loue such quarrels may be broacht, Without controulement, Iustice, or reuenge?"

Etymology

From control + -ment.

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