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returnment

returnment noun: a return; a moving back.

Noun

returnment (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A return; a moving back.
    • Sometimes vve yeelded, but like a Ramme / That makes returnement to redouble ſtrength, / Then forc't them yeeld […]1606, [Thomas Heywood], The Second Part of, If You Know Not Me, You Know No Bodie. […], London: […] [Thomas Purfoot] for Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC, signature K, verso

Origin of returnment

From return + -ment.

Questions about returnment

What does returnment mean?
Returnment means a return; a moving back.
What part of speech is returnment?
Returnment is a noun.

Words near returnment in the dictionary

  1. returning to form
  2. returning to one's muttons
  3. returnings
  4. returnless
  5. returnlessly
  6. returnment
  7. returns
  8. returns fire
  9. returns on investment
  10. returns the favor
  11. returns the favour

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