1. bringing a charge or accusation against someone • Syn: lodgment • Derivationally related forms: lodge • Hypernyms: allegation 2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily - the lodgment of the balloon in the tree • Syn: lodgment, lodging • Derivationally related forms: lodge (for: lodging), lodge • Hypernyms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness