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betrustment

betrustment noun: the act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.

Noun

betrustment (plural betrustments)

  1. (obsolete) The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
    • They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment.1793, Nathaniel Chipman, Sketches of the Principles of Government

Forms of betrustment

pluralbetrustments

Origin of betrustment

From betrust + -ment.

Questions about betrustment

What does betrustment mean?
Betrustment means the act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
What part of speech is betrustment?
Betrustment is a noun.
What is the plural of betrustment?
The plural of betrustment is betrustments.

Words near betrustment in the dictionary

  1. betrumpet
  2. betrunk
  3. betrust
  4. betrusted
  5. betrusting
  6. betrustment
  7. betrustments
  8. betrusts
  9. bets
  10. bets one's arse
  11. bets one's ass

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