controlment

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONTROLMENT, CONTROLLMENT, noun 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint. 2. Opposition; resistance; counteraction; refutation. For this word, control is now generally used.
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