† dilutementn.
Obsolete. rare.
= dilution n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak
enervationa1575
watering1604
dilution1646
weakening1651
enervatinga1674
dissolution1684
emaciating1717
enfeeblement1805
dilutement1807
watering1840
attenuation1868
1807 R. Southey Acct. Life White in H. K. White Remains I. 12 As if there were not enough of the leaven of disquietude in our natures, without inoculating it with this dilutement—this vaccine virus of envy.
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