Returnment

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A return; a moving back. obsolete, rare, uncountable

    "Sometimes vve yeelded, but like a Ramme / That makes returnement to redouble ſtrength, / Then forc't them yeeld […]"

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"Sometimes vve yeelded, but like a Ramme / That makes returnement to redouble ſtrength, / Then forc't them yeeld […]"

Etymology

From return + -ment.

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