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detrectations

detrectations is the plural of detrectation.

Meaning of detrectation

Noun

detrectation (plural detrectations)

  1. (obsolete) Drawing back; refusal; withdrawal.
    • The Church is the mother of us all, the less important those things are which (in the power of a parent) she injoynes, the more hateful is the detrectation of our observance; you remember the question of[…]1660, Joseph Hall, The Shaking of the Olive-tree: The Remaining Works of that Incomparable Prelate Joseph Hall, page 308

Questions about detrectations

What is detrectations the plural of?
Detrectations is the plural of detrectation.

Words near detrectations in the dictionary

  1. detreated
  2. detreating
  3. detreats
  4. detrect
  5. detrectation
  6. detrectations
  7. detrected
  8. detrecting
  9. detrects
  10. detremental
  11. detrempe

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