The Collaborative International Dictionary
Affrightment
Affrightment \Af*fright"ment\, n. 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.
Wiktionary
affrightment
n. 1 (context obsolete English) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation. 2 (context obsolete English) A cause of fear. 3 (context archaic English) fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.