delation
/dɪˈleɪʃn̩/US/diˈleɪʃn̩/
delation noun: conveyance.
Noun
delation (countable and uncountable, plural delations)
- Conveyance.
- An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.
- Some curious circumstances respecting delation, prison life, and autos da fe are here minutely recorded.1858, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2
- Such public defiance might become Valentinian; but it could leave no room for the unworthy delation of the philosopher Maximus, which supposes some more private offence, (Zosimus, l. iv. p. 200, 201.)1789, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Synonyms:
- accusation, denunciation
Synonyms of delation
Forms of delation
| plural | delations |
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Origin of delation
From Latin dēlātiō.
Questions about delation
- What does delation mean?
- Delation means conveyance.
- What part of speech is delation?
- Delation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce delation?
- Delation is pronounced /dɪˈleɪʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of delation?
- The plural of delation is delations.
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