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delations

delations is the plural of delation.

Meaning of delation

Noun

delation (countable and uncountable, plural delations)

  1. (obsolete) Conveyance.
  2. 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

Questions about delations

What is delations the plural of?
Delations is the plural of delation.

Words near delations in the dictionary

  1. delates
  2. delating
  3. delatinisation
  4. delatinization
  5. delation
  6. delations
  7. Delatite
  8. delative
  9. delative case
  10. delative cases
  11. delator

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