warranting
USWAW-ruhnt-ing/ˈwɔɹəntɪŋ/UKWO-ruhnt-ing/ˈwɒɹəntɪŋ/
Noun pluralwarrantings
Pluralwarrantings
- 1The -ing form of warrant. Use it to name the action, or after a noun to describe it.
The leak was bad, warranting a quick call to the plumber.
The teacher saw nothing warranting a phone call home.
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- 2A promise that something is true or that something will be done.
A tradesman disdains to lie, abhors to oppress; yet hath uttered so many commodities by dissimulations, concealments, false warrantings, cunning frauds, as make up an oppression equal to Jeconiah's.
a. 1652, Thomas Adams, The Bad LeavenHere, warrantings means promises that something is true.Note
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warranting is a form of warrant
warrant, verb: To be a good enough reason for something. Full entry
- Spelling
- warrant → warranting: add -ing
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