CONCERNMENT, noun 1. The thing in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; business; interest. To mix with thy concernments I desist. Propositions which extend only to the present life, are small, compared with those that have influence upon our everlasting concernments. The great concernment of men is with men. 2. A particular bearing upon the interest or happiness of one; importance; moment. Experimental truths are matters of great concernment to mankind. 3. Concern; interposition; meddling; as, the father had no concernment in the marriage of his daughter. In this sense, we generally use concern. 4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; as, their ambition is manifest in their concernment In this sense, concern is generally used.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI