† debatementn.1
Obsolete.
1. The action of debating; debate, controversy, discussion, deliberation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun]
mootingOE
disputinga1225
mootc1225
sputingc1250
disputisounc1290
arguingc1385
sputisounc1390
debate1393
determinationc1400
luyte1477
disputation1489
dispicion?1510
argumenta1513
plead?a1513
traversing1524
dispicience1531
ruffle1532
debatement1536
argumentationa1538
debating1548
pro et contraa1554
canvassing1565
litigation1567
toil1597
discussion1598
tongue-work1598
agitation1600
canvass1611
fence1637
contestation1638
dispute1638
tongue-fence1643
actitation1661
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip > discussion
debate1393
revolutionc1425
treatingc1450
disputation1489
debatement1536
debating1548
discuss1571
discussion1598
reasoning1611
entertainment1625
ventilationa1631
ventilating1660
discussal1809
skull session1959
séance1962
1536 Articles about Relig. Pref. 16 Our bishops..assembled..for the full debatement and quiet determination of the same.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B7v The matter requyreth long debatement.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 46 Without debatement further. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 6 A serious question and debatement with my selfe.
2. Contention, strife. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun]
sakea1000
chestc1000
pleac1275
threapa1300
noisec1300
checkc1330
debate1340
chopping1377
controversyc1384
briguea1398
tuilyieing1444
quarrellingc1460
lite1493
frayinga1500
falling out1539
square1545
overthwarting1552
mutiny1567
squaring1579
debatement1590
swaggeringa1596
quarrel1605
simultation1605
warbling1632
barrating1635
throwing1897
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R7 He with Pyrrhochles sharp debatement made.
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† debatementn.2
Obsolete. rare.
= abatement n.2
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waningc900
littlingOE
lessingc1350
abating1370
diminutionc1374
minishinga1382
decrease1383
remissiona1398
shrinkinga1398
decreasing1398
adminishing?c1400
abbreviation?a1425
lessening?a1425
minoration?a1425
disincrease1430
abatement1433
restrictiona1450
batea1475
diminuation1477
limitation1483
abate1486
minute1495
minishment1533
mitigation1533
diminishinga1535
extenuation1542
slacking1542
reduce1549
diminishment1551
perditionc1555
debatementa1563
rebatement1573
obstriction1578
imminution1583
contracting1585
contraction1589
rabate1589
rebating1598
retrenchmentc1600
decession1606
ravalling1609
reducement1619
decrement1621
bating1629
shrivellinga1631
decretion1635
dejection1652
abater1653
rolling back1658
limiting1677
batement1679
reduction1695
depression1793
downdraw1813
descent1832
decess1854
lowering1868
shrinkage1873
dégringolade1883
minification1894
degrowth1920
downrating1950
a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 1950 Sir, disconfort not, for God hath sent debatementes..From thys heauye yoke delyuerynge yow.
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