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onement

/ˈwʌnmənt/

onement noun: the state of being at one or reconciled.

Noun

onement (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being at one or reconciled.
    • That sets such discord 'twixt agreeing parts, / Which never can be set at onement more.1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Origin of onement

From one + -ment.

Words formed from onement

Questions about onement

What does onement mean?
Onement means the state of being at one or reconciled.
What part of speech is onement?
Onement is a noun.
How do you pronounce onement?
Onement is pronounced /ˈwʌnmənt/.

Words near onement in the dictionary

  1. oneliner
  2. oneliners
  3. oneliness
  4. oneling
  5. onely
  6. onement
  7. oneness
  8. Oneness Pentecostalism
  9. onenesses
  10. Oneonta
  11. Oneota

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