concernment

Matter of interest

Concernment is a formal or archaic term for something that matters to a person, a matter of interest or importance.

It can also refer to the state of being concerned or involved in something: This is a matter of great concernment to all parties.

The word appears occasionally in legal or philosophical writing but has largely been replaced by concern in everyday usage.

importance

significance

Quality of mattering

consequence · relevance · materiality · bearing · import · substance · seriousness · urgency · priority · criticality

involvement

engagement

Commitment to wed or attend

stake · connection · implication · entanglement · affair · matter · business · part · share · relation

anxiety

worry

Troubled mental state

solicitude · care · distress · trouble · alarm · agitation · perturbation · misgiving · fretfulness · uneasiness

attentiveness

attention

Focused mental awareness

  • heedGive careful attention
  • regardAttentive consideration given
  • noticeBecome aware of

mindfulness · watchfulness · care · vigilance · awareness · consideration · thought · deliberation · circumspection · wariness

Opposites
emotional investment/worry

concernmentunconcern

Absence of worry

indifference · apathy · nonchalance · insouciance · tranquility

relevance/involvement

concernmentirrelevance

Lack of pertinence

unconcern · disconnection · uninvolvement · disinterest · immateriality

Family

concern, concert, concerned, concerning, concerted, unconcerned, concerns, unconcern, disconcert

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