| Intendment 1. (n.) Charge; oversight. 2. (n.) Intention; design; purpose. 3. (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument. Thesaurus Entries acceptance, acception, acquiescence, assurance, assuredness, belief, certainty, confidence, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faith, hope, import, intendment, message, purport, received meaning, reception, reliance, reliance on, sense, significance, significancy, signification, stock, store, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, trust, understanding, usage |