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deprehensions

deprehensions is the plural of deprehension.

Meaning of deprehension

Noun

deprehension (countable and uncountable, plural deprehensions)

  1. (obsolete) A catching in the act; discovery (of a misdeed)
    • The act of adultery was her crime : to be taken in the very act , was no part of her sin , but the proof of her just conviction ; yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Questions about deprehensions

What is deprehensions the plural of?
Deprehensions is the plural of deprehension.

Words near deprehensions in the dictionary

  1. deprehended
  2. deprehending
  3. deprehends
  4. deprehensible
  5. deprehension
  6. deprehensions
  7. deprenyl
  8. deprenylation
  9. depreotide
  10. deprepositional
  11. deprescribe

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