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Ment is defined as a result, condition, process or is defined as of doing something.

(suffix)

An example of ment is movement, which is the changing of position.
An example of ment is payment, which is what is paid by a person.
An example of ment is retirement, which is a person taking themself out of the workforce.

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See -ment in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a result or product: revetment, hutment
a means, agency, or instrument: escapement
the act, art, or process of: impressment
the state, condition, fact, or degree of being ____ed: enchantment

Origin: OFr < L -mentum

See -ment in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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Action; process: appeasement.
Result of an action or process: advancement.
Means, instrument, or agent of an action or process: adornment.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin -mentum, n. suff

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