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deditions

deditions is the plural of dedition.

Meaning of dedition

Noun

dedition (plural deditions)

  1. (obsolete) yielding, surrender.
    • [A]lmoſt all Victories, […] end in Deditions and Capitulations, and Faith given to the Conqueror, whereby oftentimes the former Laws, Privileges, and Poſſeſſions are confirmed to the Subdued, without which the Victors ſeldom continue long or quiet in their New Acqueſts, without extream Expence...1713, [Matthew Hale], “How the Common Law of England Stood at and for Some Time after the Coming in of King William I.”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt...

Questions about deditions

What is deditions the plural of?
Deditions is the plural of dedition.

Words near deditions in the dictionary

  1. dedisperses
  2. dedispersing
  3. dedispersion
  4. deditio
  5. dedition
  6. deditions
  7. Dediu
  8. Dedman
  9. Dedmans
  10. dedo
  11. dedogmatization

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