The act of defining something or the result of having been defined.
From define plus -ment (noun suffix indicating action or result). The -ment suffix comes from Latin -mentum and creates abstract nouns from verbs.
The -ment suffix is incredibly productive in English (achievement, movement, excitement), but 'definement' is now archaic—we prefer 'definition,' showing how language gradually standardizes on certain forms over others.
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