Payment for an office or employment; compensation. [Middle English, from Latin Ämolumentum, gain, originally a miller's fee for grinding grain, from Ämolere, to grind out : Ä-, ex-, ex- + molere, to grind; see melÉ- in Indo-European roots.] American HeritageÂ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
What determines a person's character? How is a person's character determined? Life is filled with temptations, obstacles, frustrations, inner struggles and dilemmas that we all have to cope with, things which test our character. I think character is built according to how we deal with these as children.
Identifying Character Traits Characters do things. They feel things. They hear things. They say things. They think things. They goplaces. They can walk, run, leap, and jump. They may sit and rock in a rocking chair. They may just liein bed, sleep, and dream. But the important thing is that characters act.