savement

English

Etymology

From Middle English savement, from Old French sauvement. Equivalent to save +‎ -ment.

Noun

savement (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The act of saving; salvation.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “savement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sauvement

Etymology

From Old French sauvement. Equivalent to sauf +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaːv(i)ˈmɛnt/, /ˌsau̯v(i)ˈmɛnt/
• (with stress retraction) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːv(i)mɛnt/, /ˈsau̯v(i)mɛnt/

Noun

savement (uncountable)

1. salvation, saving (either worldly or spiritual)

Descendants

• English: savement (obsolete)

References

• “sāvement, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-12.