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cavilation

cavilation is the alternative spelling of cavillation.

Meaning of cavillation

Noun

cavillation (plural cavillations)

  1. The act of cavilling.
    • And lest any man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neighbours, and not to aid good neighbours, or that she was readier to restore what was invaded by others than to render what was in her own hands; see if the time provided not a new occasion afterwards, when through their own division...a. 1603, Francis Bacon, Discourse in the Praise of Queen Elizabeth

Forms of cavilation

pluralcavilations

Questions about cavilation

What is cavilation the alternative spelling of?
Cavilation is the alternative spelling of cavillation.

Words near cavilation in the dictionary

  1. caviid
  2. caviids
  3. caviine
  4. caviines
  5. cavil
  6. cavilation
  7. cavilations
  8. caviled
  9. caviler
  10. cavilers
  11. caviling

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