onement

English

Etymology

From one +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwʌnmənt/

Noun

onement (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being at one or reconciled.
    • 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:
      That sets such discord 'twixt agreeing parts, / Which never can be set at onement more.

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