Definitions for unsettlement

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•set•tleʌnˈsɛt l(v.)-tled, -tling.

  1. (v.t.)to alter from a settled state; render unstable; disturb.

  2. to shake or weaken (beliefs, feelings, etc.); cause doubt or uncertainty about.

  3. to vex or agitate the mind or emotions of; upset; discompose.

  4. (v.i.)to become unfixed or disordered.

Origin of unsettle:

1535–45

un•set′tle•ment(n.)

Wiktionary

  1. unsettlement(Noun)

    The quality of being unsettled; upset or unrest.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unsettlement(noun)

    the act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance


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