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defeatment

defeatment noun: defeat.

Noun

defeatment (countable and uncountable, plural defeatments)

  1. (obsolete) Defeat.
    • Take heed that defeatments and delays do not subvert and overthrow in you this hope.1822, John Howe, The Whole Work of J. H., page 332

Forms of defeatment

pluraldefeatments

Origin of defeatment

From defeat (verb) + -ment.

Questions about defeatment

What does defeatment mean?
Defeatment means defeat.
What part of speech is defeatment?
Defeatment is a noun.
What is the plural of defeatment?
The plural of defeatment is defeatments.

Words near defeatment in the dictionary

  1. defeatisms
  2. defeatist
  3. defeatistly
  4. defeatists
  5. defeatless
  6. defeatment
  7. defeatments
  8. defeatocrat
  9. defeatocrats
  10. defeats
  11. defeature

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