| ACQUITMENT | • acquitment n. (Law) Acquittal. • ACQUITMENT n. (obsolete) acquittal. |
| ADJUSTMENT | • adjustment n. The action of adjusting something. • adjustment n. The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration. • adjustment n. The settling or balancing of a financial account. |
| ALIGHTMENT | • alightment n. The act of alighting, or descending and settling. • ALIGHTMENT n. act of alighting. |
| ANOINTMENT | • anointment n. The act of anointing with oil or other liquids. • anointment n. (Figurative) An official nomination. • ANOINTMENT n. the act of anointing. |
| ARRESTMENT | • arrestment n. The action of arresting (in any sense). • arrestment n. (Law, Scotland) The process that prohibits a debtor from making payment to the creditor until another… • ARRESTMENT n. the arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp. a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached. |
| ASSORTMENT | • assortment n. A collection of varying but related items. • ASSORTMENT n. the act of assorting. |
| COMMITMENT | • commitment n. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially… • commitment n. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially… • commitment n. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons. |
| DEPARTMENT | • department n. A part, portion, or subdivision. • department n. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like. • department n. A specified aspect or quality. |
| DEPORTMENT | • deportment n. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself. • deportment n. Conduct; public behavior. • deportment n. Apparent level of schooling or training. |
| DIVESTMENT | • divestment n. (Finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset. • DIVESTMENT n. the act of divesting. |
| ENCYSTMENT | • encystment n. The formation of a cyst. • encystment n. The process of becoming enclosed by a cyst. • ENCYSTMENT n. the act of encysting. |
| ENLISTMENT | • enlistment n. The act of enlisting. • ENLISTMENT n. the act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted. |
| IMPARTMENT | • impartment n. The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure. • IMPARTMENT n. the act of imparting. |
| INDICTMENT | • indictment n. (Law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury. • indictment n. (Law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. • indictment n. (Countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation. |
| INFEFTMENT | • infeftment n. Alternative form of enfeoffment. • infeftment n. (Rare) exit. • INFEFTMENT n. in Scots law, the act of giving legal possession of feudal property. |
| INSULTMENT | • insultment n. (Obsolete) Insolent treatment; insult. • INSULTMENT n. (Shakespeare) insult. |
| INVESTMENT | • investment n. The act of investing, or state of being invested. • investment n. (Finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. • investment n. (Obsolete) A vestment. |
| RELENTMENT | • relentment n. The act of relenting, softening. • RELENTMENT n. the act of relenting. |
| RESENTMENT | • resentment n. Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation. • resentment n. (Obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined… • resentment n. (Obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude. |