unsettlement

[ uhn-set-l-muhnt ]

/ ʌnˈsɛt l mənt /

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noun

an act or an instance of unsettling.

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

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Origin of unsettlement

First recorded in 1640–50; unsettle + -ment

Words nearby unsettlement

unsentimental, Unser, unset, unsettle, unsettled, unsettlement, unsew, unsex, unshackle, unshadowed, unshakable

How to use unsettlement in a sentence

There was considerable unsettlement in the Imp's mind that night.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
I hope they will be kept, but they are likely to be terribly exposed to all kinds of religious unsettlement.
Edward Hoare, M.A.|Edward Hoare
There has thus been unsettlement of a most profound character, and it is unsettlement upon a really first-class issue.
Christianity and Problems of To-day: Lectures Delivered Before Lake Forest College on the Foundation of the Late William Bross|John Huston Finley
This situation was the occasion of our first unsettlement of faith: we discovered the fallibility of our parents.
The Meaning of Faith|Harry Emerson Fosdick

All traces of the unsettlement of those few nervous weeks seemed to have passed away.
The Golden Web|Anthony Partridge

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