instilment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

instil +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

instilment (countable and uncountable, plural instilments)

  1. The act of instilling; instillation.
    • 2019, Bart van Egmond, Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement:
      Just as God started the conversion of the human race through fear of punishment and proceeded to teach them the love of justice through the grace of Christ, he starts the conversion of the individual with the instilment of fear, […]
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