What does retardment mean?
Retardment means Retardation; the act of retarding or delaying..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Retardation; the act of retarding or delaying..
And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
And forasmuch as his return hath been longer then I looked for, I have sent thus expressly to know both of him, and of you, the cause of this retardment of his.
Despite the retardments occasioned by the war, and the heavy financial loss suffered from the freeing of 1200 slaves in Tazewell, the wealth of the county was not seriously impaired.
Use retardment when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Retardment means Retardation; the act of retarding or delaying..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
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