embracement
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Em·brace′ment noun
Origin: Cf. F. embrassement.
1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Dear though chaste embracements.— Sir Philip Sidney
2. State of being contained; inclosure. obsolete
In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
3. Willing acceptance. obsolete
A ready embracement of... his kindness.— Isaac Barrow
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54