arbitrament

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Every possible means consistent with Divine law and human dignity must be employed ... to avoid the final arbitrament of nuclear warfare.

From Time Magazine Archive

They spent four fruitless years over the question, and it remained undecided until settled by the arbitrament of the sword.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

There were many circumstances which tended to make both monarchs prefer a more peaceful arbitrament of their quarrel, and to disgust them with the war.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

Since he was deaf to argument and reason nothing remained but to refer it to the arbitrament of arms, with the result that General Bambos is quite sure not to open the dispute again.”

From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

She had decided upon nothing,—leaving in fact the arbitrament of her faith in the hands of the man who had now come to see her.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony