betrustment

English

Etymology

betrust +‎ -ment

Noun

betrustment (plural betrustments)

1. (obsolete) The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
   • 1793, Nathaniel Chipman, Sketches of the Principles of Government:

     They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment.