Meaning of the word 'controlment'

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Meaning of ‘controlment’

2 definitions found.

controlment

The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment. Shak.

Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.] Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.

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Meaning of 'controlment'

controlment