concernment
Americannoun
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importance or moment.
a matter of concernment to all voters.
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relation or bearing.
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anxiety or solicitude.
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a thing in which one is involved or interested.
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interest; participation; involvement.
noun
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rare affair or business; concern
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archaic a matter of importance
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Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
The maintenance of the air-circuit is a matter of much concernment to the operators, for on it depends not only the health and security of the men but the safety of the mine itself.
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
All the company took notice of your concernment.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
I doubt it not, Se�or, but I have desired to see thee, this night, on a matter of private, rather than of public concernment.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore
It not only solicits the grave attention of all, to whom its doctrines are presented, but it demands their cordial belief, as a matter of vital concernment.
From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon
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