amercement

Meaning of amercement

noun
  1. a fine.
    courts continued to impose small amercements
    default resulted in heavy amercement

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amerciment, based on estre en la merci ‘be at the mercy of another’ (with respect to the amount of a fine).

Information about amercement

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of amercement is: amercements.
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Hyphenation of amercement

amerce-ment

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • amercement is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

amercement synonyms

Meaning fine:

fine, mulct

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