disquietment

disquietment

English

Etymology

disquiet +‎ -ment

Noun

disquietment (uncountable)

1. State of being disquieted; uneasiness.
   • a. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Blessedness of them that die in the Lord

     […] you stand in need of continual quickening-grace, to actuate and excite those lumps of lead, that lie heavy within your breasts: and it is the greatest disquietment of your lives, that you find your hearts so heartless and listless to what is holy and spiritual […]