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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Affrightment

· Af·fright·ment · IPA
01 n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
  1. 1.
    Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.[Archaic]
    “Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment.” Locke.