[f. WORSEN v. + -MENT.] Occas. used in preference to WORSEMENT as a more analogical form.
1894. Westm. Gaz., 26 July, 2/1. The word, we suppose, ought to be ‘worsenment, for while the verb of better is ‘to better,’ the verb of worse is ‘to worsen.’
1905. J. M. Robertson, Chamberlain, ix. 43. Whereafter his worsenment is swift indeed.
1906. Pall Mall Gaz., 10 March, 3. If ‘betterment’ is recognised, worsenment should be equally allowed for.
