concernment

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Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

That persons of known integrity may be employed in all parts, and a sufficient salary allowed, as becomes a trust of that great concernment.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

It would have surprised Courtlandt could he have foreseen the drawing together of the ends of the circle and the relative concernment of the duke in knotting those ends.

From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius

The maintenance of the air-circuit is a matter of much concernment to the operators, for on it depends not only the health and security of the men but the safety of the mine itself.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

And yet I could, with less concernment, bear That death of which you speak, than see you here.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John