Disquietment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    State of being disquieted; uneasiness. uncountable

    "[…] you stand in need of continual quickening-grace, to actuate and excite those lumps of lead, that lie heavy within your breasts: and it is the greatest disquietment of your lives, that you find your hearts so heartless and listless to what is holy and spiritual […]"

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"[…] you stand in need of continual quickening-grace, to actuate and excite those lumps of lead, that lie heavy within your breasts: and it is the greatest disquietment of your lives, that you find your hearts so heartless and listless to what is holy and spiritual […]"

Etymology

From disquiet + -ment.

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