CONCERNMENT, n. 1. The thing in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; business; interest.To mix with thy concernments I desist.Propositions which extend only to the present life, are small, compared with those that have influence upon our everlasting concernments.The great concernment of men is with men.2. A particular bearing upon the interest or happiness of one; importance; moment.Experimental truths are matters of great concernment to mankind.3. Concern; interposition; meddling; as, the father had no concernment in the marriage of his daughter. In this sense, we generally use concern.4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; as, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. In this sense, concern is generally used.
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