addressment

From address +‎ -ment.

addressment (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The act of addressing; the act of directing one's attention, speech, or effort toward a particular point, person, or object.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “addressment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.