Home › Words › C › comfortmentcomfortment/ˈkʌmfə(ɹ)tmənt/comfortment means comforting, The act of providing comfort.comfortment is pronounced /ˈkʌmfə(ɹ)tmənt/.EtymologyFrom comfort + -ment.nouncomforting, The act of providing comfort.e.g.“the gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador” — 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.comforting 89% match — Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress. vs comfortment →comfortative 80% match — Offering comfort. vs comfortment →comfortingness 79% match — The state or condition of being comforting. vs comfortment →consolation 75% match — The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled. vs comfortment →consoling 74% match — Reducing grief, sorrow, or disappointment; comforting. vs comfortment →consolement 73% match — Consolation. vs comfortment →comforter 73% match — A person who comforts someone who is suffering. vs comfortment →recomforture 72% match — The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. vs comfortment →