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abetment

/əˈbɛt.mənt/

abetment noun: the act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.

Noun

abetment (countable and uncountable, plural abetments)

  1. The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
  2. Encouragement or assistance.

abetment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

abetment in Hindi

act of abetting a crime
दुष्प्रेरण duṣpreraṇ

abetment in Tamil

act of abetting a crime
உடந்தை uṭantai

abetment in Urdu

دستگیری, اعانت, مدد, مدد گاری

abetment in Telugu

abetment, instigation
కుమ్మకు kummaku
More languagesFewer languages
abetment in Malayalam
പ്രേരണ prēraṇa
abetment in Kannada
ದುರ್ಭೋದನೆ, ಚಿತಾವಣೆ
abetment in Malay
persubahatan
abetment in Indonesian
sekongkol

Forms of abetment

pluralabetments

Origin of abetment

First attested from 1350 to 1470, from Middle English abettement, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French abeter + -ment. See abet.

Questions about abetment

What does abetment mean?
Abetment means the act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
What is abetment in Hindi?
Abetment in Hindi is दुष्प्रेरण (duṣpreraṇ). See Abetment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is abetment?
Abetment is a noun.
How do you pronounce abetment?
Abetment is pronounced /əˈbɛt.mənt/ (US).
What is the plural of abetment?
The plural of abetment is abetments.

Words near abetment in the dictionary

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  3. abetalipoproteinaemias
  4. abetalipoproteinemia
  5. abetalipoproteinemias
  6. abetment
  7. abetments
  8. abets
  9. abettal
  10. abettals
  11. abettance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abetment (page history and authors); abetment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుమ్మకు (Telugu) (page history and authors); പ്രേരണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); abetment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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