Definition of "lavishment" [lav•ish•ment]

• The act of lavishing. (noun)

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• "What a lavishment of effort and technique, no refinement spared—the equivalent, Edgar thinks, of medieval church architecture."
• "Her disposition was of the sweetest description, and fully justified the lavishment of the fond parental affection with which she was blessed; while her amiability was only equalled by her dutiful attention and consideration of the smallest wish of her kind and doating parent."
• "Does love then bring disgrace, and ruin, and dishonor upon the object of its lavishment?"