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unˈsettlement
[f. unsettle v., or un-1 12.]
1. The act or process of unsettling.
1648Fairfax, etc., Remonstr. 8 To entertain motions tending to the unsettlement of what you had resolved. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. p. iv, Whoever attempts the settlement of any Question, which would be the unsettlement of any mens Interest [etc.]. 1844Ld. Brougham A. Lunel III. xiv. 106 The universal unsettlement of all received ideas, and ancient opinions. 1862Trollope N. Amer. I. 221 Delay in travelling..causes the unsettlement of a settled purpose.
2. Unsettled state or condition.
1650Baxter Saints' R. iv. i. §4 They have..lived in much trouble and unsettlement, and have just overcome them. 1655Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 281 The yet great vnsetlement in England. 1681Treat. E. India Trade 10 Our Neighbours are not now at leasure..to make their Advantage of our Unsettlement, during the Transition from one Stock to another. 1867H. W. Wilberforce in Ess. Relig. & Lit. II. 342 A general spirit of unsettlement and presumption. 1875E. White Life in Christ xxviii. v. 492 A not uncommon feeling is that..‘the faith’ is of such a quality that reasoning upon it..is likely to lead to unsettlement. |