Controlment

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Controlment \Con*trol"ment\, n.
     1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being
        restrained; control; restraint; regulation;
        superintendence.
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              You may do it without controlment.    --Shak.
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     2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.]
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              Here have we war for war, and blood for blood,
              Controlment for controlment.          --Shak.
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