concernment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a matter in which someone has an interest or involvement; a concern or affair, now archaic

   The treaty addressed matters of common concernment to both kingdoms.

2. 2
   noun

   importance, consequence, or significance, now archaic

   The council reserved the morning for questions of the greatest public concernment.

From Middle English concernement, later remodeled as concern plus -ment. It once named either a person's involvement or interest in a matter, the matter itself, or its importance. These senses are now archaic, having largely yielded to concern.

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