-smənt noun
( -s )
1. : the act or an instance of harassing : vexation , annoyance
the harassment of unions … will become more difficult — T.W.Arnold
chafed by the harassments of travel — R.L.Taylor
the weather, taxes, … and various harassments of a more personal nature — New Yorker
border incidents … no longer have the character of mere harassment — Atlantic Monthly
2. : the condition of being harassed
showed signs of harassment — E.M.Lustgarten
his continuing harassment may have been due in great part to his own … contentious personality — Stuart MacClintock