concernment

concernment
/keuhn serrn"meuhnt/, n.
1. importance or moment: a matter of concernment to all voters.
2. relation or bearing.
3. anxiety or solicitude.
4. a thing in which one is involved or interested.
5. interest; participation; involvement.
[1600-10; CONCERN + -MENT]

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