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increpation

increpation noun: a rebuke or reproof.

Noun

increpation (plural increpations)

  1. (obsolete) A rebuke or reproof.
    • first the admonitions , fraternal or paternal , of his fellow Christians , or of the governors of the Church , then more public reprehensions and increpations1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC

Forms of increpation

pluralincrepations

Origin of increpation

Latin increpatio.

Questions about increpation

What does increpation mean?
Increpation means a rebuke or reproof.
What part of speech is increpation?
Increpation is a noun.
What is the plural of increpation?
The plural of increpation is increpations.

Words near increpation in the dictionary

  1. increments
  2. increpate
  3. increpated
  4. increpates
  5. increpating
  6. increpation
  7. increpations
  8. incrept
  9. increscence
  10. increscent
  11. increscents

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