Ar-rāign'ment, n.
(ar-rān'ment), n. [O. Fr. arraignement, (aresnement.)]
Sense 1. (Law.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
Sense 2. A calling in question for faults; accusation.
The sixth satire . . . seems only an arraignment of the whole sex. Dryden.