disquietment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

disquiet +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

disquietment (uncountable)

  1. State of being disquieted; uneasiness.
    • a. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Blessedness of them that die in the Lord:
      […] you stand in need of continual quickening-grace, to actuate and excite those lumps of lead, that lie heavy within your breasts: and it is the greatest disquietment of your lives, that you find your hearts so heartless and listless to what is holy and spiritual […]
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