abetment
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested from 1350 to 1470.[1], from Middle English abetement, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French abeter + -ment. See abet.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abetment (countable and uncountable, plural abetments)
- (chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc. [from 14th c.]
- Encouragement or assistance. [from 16th c.]
Translations[edit]
act of abetting a crime
References[edit]
- ^ “abetment” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 4.
