Home › Words › T › tendmenttendmenttendment means attendance; care.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tendment ranks #9,836 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom tend + -ment.nounattendance; caree.g.“Meanwhile if chance some desp'rate patient die / […] / Whether ill-tendment, or recureless pain, / Procure his death […]” — 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →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.attendance 73% match — The act of attending; the state of being present; presence. vs tendment →attend 69% match — Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.; To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone). vs tendment →attendedness 69% match — The state or quality of being attended. vs tendment →attendment 68% match — A concomitant circumstance. vs tendment →attendancy 65% match — A retinue. vs tendment →entend 64% match — To attend to; to apply oneself to. vs tendment →attendingly 63% match — Giving one's attention; attentively. vs tendment →attendantly 63% match — In an attendant manner. vs tendment →