Antonyms for employment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-ploi-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt

Definition of employment

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle English emploien (see employ) + -ment.

noun working for a living;
noun using something

Example sentences :

"Discharge the boy from your employment," said his wife, promptly.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

He did not at first look up, but kept on with his employment.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

In reply he offers me, as if I were a beggar, employment for my sons.
Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts

This latter condition can be fulfilled by the employment of electro-magnets.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various

Anything might happen to put a journalist out of employment!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

The only way is to make their employment unpleasant to their employers.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

But can you think of an employment where I can make something?
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He had been used to dislike the employment of dirty instruments.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

It hasn't got no employment for its mind, and is always in a state of vacancy.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Nevertheless, even their employment is very limited among us.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Synonyms for employment

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