controlment Meaning, Definition & Usage

Con*trol"ment noun

Definitions

1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.

   You may do it without controlment. Shak.

2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. Obs.

   Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.