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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(law) A destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses..
And the writ of estrepement lay at the common law‥to stop any waste which the vanquished party might be tempted to commit.
Use estrepement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Estrepement means (law) A destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And the writ of estrepement lay at the common law‥to stop any waste which the vanquished party might be tempted to commit.
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