Em*brace"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrassement.]
1.
A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Dear though chaste embracements.
Sir P. Sidney.
2.
State of being contained; inclosure.
[Obs.]
In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.
Bacon.
3.
Willing acceptance.
[Obs.]
A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.
Barrow.
© Webster 1913.