The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embracement \Em*brace"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embrassement.]
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A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Dear though chaste embracements.
--Sir P. Sidney. -
State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.]
In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.
--Bacon. -
Willing acceptance. [Obs.]
A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.
--Barrow.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A clasp in the arms; embrace. 2 (context obsolete English) State of being contained; enclosure. 3 (context obsolete English) Willing acceptance.
Usage examples of "embracement".
I conceived that I should be too unhappy were I deprived of the embracements of a woman.
Not corporeal beauty, nor the splendour of time, nor the radiance of the light, so pleasant to our eyes, nor the sweet melodies of songs of all kinds, nor the flagrant smell of flowers, and ointments, and spices, not manna and honey, not limbs pleasant to the embracements of flesh.
Faraday sighed and began to prepare the bowl for her ritual embracement of the Mother's power.
He had seen the beginning of what promised to be an endless passionate embracement, and at the sight he had fled.