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unsettlement

[ uhn-set-l-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act or an instance of unsettling.
the state or quality of being unsettled: unsettled:
Such strange behavior caused me some unsettlement.

First recorded in 1640–50; unsettle + -ment

There was considerable unsettlement in the Imp's mind that night.

I hope they will be kept, but they are likely to be terribly exposed to all kinds of religious unsettlement.

There has thus been unsettlement of a most profound character, and it is unsettlement upon a really first-class issue.

This situation was the occasion of our first unsettlement of faith: we discovered the fallibility of our parents.

All traces of the unsettlement of those few nervous weeks seemed to have passed away.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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