retardment
retardment noun: retardation; the act of retarding or delaying.
Noun
retardment (countable and uncountable, plural retardments)
- Retardation; the act of retarding or delaying.
- And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]1653, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, Gargantua and Pantagruel
- And forasmuch as his return hath been longer then I looked for, I have sent thus expressly to know both of him, and of you, the cause of this retardment of his.1653, Henry Cogan, The voyages and adventures of Fernand Mendez Pinto, volume 3, translation of original by Fernão Mendes Pinto, published 1645
Forms of retardment
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Origin of retardment
Compare Middle French and French retardement.
Questions about retardment
- What does retardment mean?
- Retardment means retardation; the act of retarding or delaying.
- What part of speech is retardment?
- Retardment is a noun.
- What is the plural of retardment?
- The plural of retardment is retardments.
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