The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Movement \Move"ment\, n. [F. mouvement. See Move, and cf.
   Moment.]
   1. The act of moving in space; change of place or posture;
      motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or
      maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine.
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   2. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or
      sudden, movement.
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   3. Transference, by any means, from one situation to another;
      a change of situation; progress toward a goal;
      advancement; as, after months of fruitless discussion
      there was finally some movement toward an agreement.
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   4. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
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   5. (Mus.)
      (a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a
          piece. "Any change of time is a change of movement."
          --Busby.
      (b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in
          itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a
          larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a
          symphony.
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   6. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a
      definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the
      wheelwork of a watch; as, a seventeen jewel movement.
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   7. A more or less organized effort by many people to achieve
      some goal, especially a social or artistic goal; as, the
      women's liberation movement; the progressive movement in
      architecture.
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   Febrile movement (Med.), an elevation of the body
      temperature; a fever.

   Movement cure. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics.

   Movement of the bowels, an evacuation or stool; a passage
      or discharge.
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   Syn: Motion.

   Usage: Movement, Motion. Motion expresses a general idea
          of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to
          express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

movement
    n 1: a change of position that does not entail a change of
         location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his
         surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move
         of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion,
         movement, move, motility]
    2: the act of changing location from one place to another;
       "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of
       people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him
       directly in my path" [syn: motion, movement, move]
    3: a natural event that involves a change in the position or
       location of something [syn: movement, motion]
    4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to
       achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of
       the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement";
       "he led the national liberation front" [syn: movement,
       social movement, front]
    5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the
       second movement is slow and melodic"
    6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a
       particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they
       worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for
       a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery";
       "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause,
       crusade, drive, movement, effort]
    7: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid
       succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema
       relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing
       lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn: apparent motion,
       motion, apparent movement, movement]
    8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn:
       bowel movement, movement, bm]
    9: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly
       liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement
       of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend,
       movement]
    10: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a
        watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond
        movement"
    11: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement
        of cargo onto the vessel"