"abetment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbɛt.mənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-abetment.oga [US], en-ca-abetment.ogg [Canada] Forms: abetments [plural]
Etymology: First attested from 1350 to 1470, from Middle English abetement, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French abeter + -ment. See abet. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abetement}} Middle English abetement, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|abeter}} Old French abeter, {{m|en|-ment}} -ment, {{m|en|abet}} abet 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 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93

Inflected forms

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