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dissettlement

dissettlement noun: the act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.

Noun

dissettlement (plural dissettlements)

  1. (archaic) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.
    • Never was so much sense contained in so few words. No conveyancer could ever in more compendious or binding terms have drawn a dissettlement of the whole birth-right of England.1677, Andrew Marvell, An Account of the Growth of Popery and Arbitrary Government in England
    • 'Tis an instrument of mischief and dissettlement to be courted by those who would have change1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

Forms of dissettlement

pluraldissettlements

Origin of dissettlement

From dis- + settlement.

Questions about dissettlement

What does dissettlement mean?
Dissettlement means the act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.
What part of speech is dissettlement?
Dissettlement is a noun.
What is the plural of dissettlement?
The plural of dissettlement is dissettlements.

Words near dissettlement in the dictionary

  1. disservicing
  2. disserving
  3. disses
  4. dissettle
  5. dissettled
  6. dissettlement
  7. dissettlements
  8. dissettles
  9. dissettling
  10. dissever
  11. disseverance

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