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Controlment
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment. Shak.
2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.] Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.