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retardments

retardments is the plural of retardment.

Meaning of retardment

Noun

retardment (countable and uncountable, plural retardments)

  1. 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

Questions about retardments

What is retardments the plural of?
Retardments is the plural of retardment.

Words near retardments in the dictionary

  1. retardmaxx
  2. retardmaxxed
  3. retardmaxxes
  4. retardmaxxing
  5. retardment
  6. retardments
  7. retardo
  8. retards
  9. retardure
  10. retardy
  11. retarget

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