approvement
approvement · approvements
Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlordImprovement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
Meaning
3 senses(Old English, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Approval; approbation.
(UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation or implication against the accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
Forms
plural: approvements| Singular | approvement |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable