"abetment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbɛt.mənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-abetment.oga , en-ca-abetment.ogg Forms: abetments [plural]
Etymology: First attested from 1350 to 1470, from Middle English abettement, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French abeter + -ment. See abet. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abettement}} Middle English abettement, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|abeter}} Old French abeter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abetment (countable and uncountable, plural abetments)
  1. (chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (act of abetting a crime): ophitsing [masculine] (Dutch), aanstoken [neuter] (Dutch), avunanto (Finnish), Beihilfe [feminine] (German), Gehilfenschaft [Switzerland, feminine] (German), दुष्प्रेरण (duṣpreraṇ) (Hindi), sekongkol (Indonesian), persubahatan (Malay)
    Sense id: en-abetment-en-noun-S9U12kAz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 89 11 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'act of abetting a crime': 99 1
  2. Encouragement or assistance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abetment-en-noun-SwHCukOE

Inflected forms

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