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despoilment

despoilment noun: the act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.

Noun

despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)

  1. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
    • On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.1994, Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value

Forms of despoilment

pluraldespoilments

Origin of despoilment

From despoil + -ment.

Questions about despoilment

What does despoilment mean?
Despoilment means the act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
What part of speech is despoilment?
Despoilment is a noun.
What is the plural of despoilment?
The plural of despoilment is despoilments.

Words near despoilment in the dictionary

  1. despoiled
  2. despoiler
  3. despoilers
  4. despoiling
  5. despoilings
  6. despoilment
  7. despoilments
  8. despoils
  9. Despoina
  10. despoliation
  11. despoliations

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