despoilment

English

Etymology

despoil +‎ -ment

Noun

despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)

  1. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
    • 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
      On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.

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References

  • despoilment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • despoilment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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