returnment

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noun

A return; a moving back.

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Meanings

nounreturnment (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableA 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

From return + -ment.

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APA

returnment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returnment

MLA

“returnment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returnment. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “returnment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/returnment.

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