Besetment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or condition of being beset.
  • noun. The sin or failing to which one is most liable; a besetting sin or tendency.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.
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  • noun. The state of being beset.
    • Word Usage
    "The man's abiding obsession -- if we may call his besetment thus -- changed in practically all essential regards the manners and the practices of his daily life."
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    abstemiousness  aquiver  assertor  attention  besieger  
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