benumbment


be·numb

B0193300 (bĭ-nŭm′)tr.v. be·numbed, be·numb·ing, be·numbs 1. To make numb, especially by cold.2. To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom: The dull skit benumbed the audience.
[Middle English binomen, from past participle of binimen, to take away, from Old English beniman : be-, away; see be- + niman, to take; see numb.]
be·numb′ment n.

benumbment

(bɪˈnʌmmənt) nthe act of benumbing