arbitrament noun. [ɑ:'bɪtrǝm(ǝ)nt] Also arbitrement. LME.
[Old French arbitrement from medieval Latin arbitramentum, from arbitrari: see ARBITRATE, -MENT.]
1. The right or capacity to decide for oneself; free will. LME-E19.
■ Milton To stand or fall Free in thine own Arbitrament it lies.

2. The power to decide for others; absolute authority. obsolete exc. as approaching sense 3. LME.
■ W. S. Maugham He decided to leave the matter to the arbitrament of God.

3. The deciding of a dispute by arbitration. LME.
■ Gladstone An immediate resort to the arbitrament of war.
■ D. Brewster In the arbitraments of science it has always been a difficult task to adjust the rival claims of competitors.

4. The authoritative decision reached or the sentence pronounced by an arbiter. LME.
■ Lytton I will not abide by the arbitrement of a pope.

5. Agreement reached by arbitration; amicable compromise. M16-E17.
■ Bacon As if they would make an Arbitrement, betweene God and Man.

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