EMBRACEMENT

embrace, embracing, embracement

(noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

embracement (countable and uncountable, plural embracements)

A clasp in the arms; embrace.

State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion.

Act or state of embracing or accepting; willing acceptance.

State of being contained; enclosure.

Source: Wiktionary

Em*brace"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embrassement.]

1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney.

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.

3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.] A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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