betrustment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

betrust +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

betrustment (plural betrustments)

  1. (obsolete) The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
    • 1793, Nathaniel Chipman, Sketches of the Principles of Government:
      They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment.
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