Disquietment
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 […]"
Example
More examples"[…] 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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