mercement

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noun

An amercement, a punishment.

OriginAnglo-Norman merciment →
First used 14th–19th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounmercement (plural mercements)

plural mercements · alternative merciment

  1. obsoleteAn amercement, a punishment.First known use 14th–19th c.

    Riȝt so is loue a ledere · and þe lawe shapeth / Vpon man for his mysdedes · þe merciment he taxeth.

    c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanmerciment
  2. Englishmercement

Either aphetic form of amercement; or borrowed independently from Anglo-Norman merciment, aphetic form of amerciment.

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APA

mercement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercement

MLA

“mercement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mercement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercement.

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