DISARMAMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disarmament mean? 

• DISARMAMENT (noun)
  The noun DISARMAMENT has 1 sense:

1. act of reducing or depriving of arms

  Familiarity information: DISARMAMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISARMAMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of reducing or depriving of arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disarmament; disarming

Context example:

the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete

Hypernyms ("disarmament" is a kind of...):

demobilisation; demobilization (act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops)

Antonym:

armament (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)

Derivation:

disarm (remove offensive capability from)

disarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)