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concernment

noun
/kənˈsɜː(ɹ)nmənt/

Etymology

From Middle English concernement; equivalent to concern + -ment.

  1. inherited from concernement

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being a concern.

    • Men really ought to leave off talking a kind of nonsense on this subject, which they would neither talk nor listen to on other matters of practical concernment.

  2. That in which one is concerned or interested

    That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.

    • Our everlasting concernments.
    • To mix with thy concernments I deſiſt

  3. importance

    importance; moment; consequence

    • Let every action of concernment be begun with prayer.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. concern

      concern; participation; interposition

      • He married a daughter to the earl of Northumberland without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence.

    2. Emotion of mind

      Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety

      • 'Tis not vvell, / Indeed my Lord, 'tis much unkind to me, / To ſhovv this paſſion, this extream concernment / For an abandon'd, faithleſs Proſtitute.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA