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embracement

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of embrace, variously

An act of encircling another with one's arms and pulling them to one's chest, a hug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1932, Aldous Huxley, London: Chatto & Windus, Chapter 11, Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway.

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noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of embrace, variously

The state of embracing, inclusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of embrace, variously

An act of embracing, full acceptance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • 1994, Robert Alun Jones, Durkheim’s Imperative: “The Role of Humanities Faculty in the Information Technologies Revolution” in Brett Sutton (editor), Literary Texts in an Electronic Age: Scholarly Implications and Library Services, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, p. 175, [...] I believe that it is this moral dimension of the division of intellectual labor that leads many of us to feel discomfort as we survey the detritus of our traditional roles, the havoc provoked by our attraction to and embracement of these powerful technologies.

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noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of embrace, variously

An enclosure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: embrace, embracing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold

Narrower terms: cuddle, nestle, snuggle, hug, clinch, squeeze

History

Etymology

From Middle English embracement, enbracement, from Old French embrassement; equivalent to embrace + -ment.