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controulment

controulment is the obsolete spelling of controlment.

Meaning of controlment

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...

Forms of controulment

pluralcontroulments

Questions about controulment

What is controulment the obsolete spelling of?
Controulment is the obsolete spelling of controlment.

Words near controulment in the dictionary

  1. controuling
  2. controull
  3. controulled
  4. controulling
  5. controulls
  6. controulment
  7. controulments
  8. controuls
  9. controversal
  10. controversary
  11. controverse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: controulment (page history and authors); controlment (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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