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controlment

controlment noun: control.

Noun

controlment (countable and uncountable, plural controlments)

  1. (obsolete) Control.
    • What is Lauinia then become so loose,
      Or Bassianus so degenerate,
      That for her loue such quarrels may be broacht,
      Without controulement, Iustice, or reuenge?c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • , II.12,
      If he in any sort have communicated himselfe vnto thee, it is not to debase himselfe, or stoope to thy smalnesse, nor to give thee the controulment of his power.

Forms of controlment

pluralcontrolments

Origin of controlment

From control + -ment.

Questions about controlment

What does controlment mean?
Controlment means control.
What part of speech is controlment?
Controlment is a noun.
What is the plural of controlment?
The plural of controlment is controlments.

Words near controlment in the dictionary

  1. controlling interests
  2. controllingly
  3. controllingness
  4. controllings
  5. controlls
  6. controlment
  7. controlments
  8. Contrology
  9. controls
  10. contronym
  11. contronymic

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