The Collaborative International Dictionary
Besetment
Besetment \Be*set"ment\, n.
The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that
which besets one, as a sin. ``Fearing a besetment.''
--Kane.
Wiktionary
besetment
n. The state of being beset.
Usage examples of "besetment".
Those jealousies, and littlenesses, and envyings, which prey upon the spirits of many men, as the vulture on the heart that chained Prometheus--and whose fierce besetment they who WILL be magnanimous, have to fight off, as one drives away the eagles from their prey, with voice and gestures--seem never to assail him.