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embracement

Today it means: An act of encircling another with one's arms and pulling them to one's chest, a hug. Full definition →

Middle English embracement ← Old French embrassement

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Old French · derived fromembrassement
Middle English · inherited fromembracement
English todayembracement

From Middle English embracement, enbracement, from Old French embrassement; equivalent to embrace + -ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.