CONTROLMENT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment. Shak.

2.
n.

Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.] Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.