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jawbation

jawbation is the alternative spelling of jobation.

Meaning of jobation

Noun

jobation (countable and uncountable, plural jobations)

  1. An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
    • Better a jobation tonight than everlasting talk tomorrow.1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXVII The Return”, in Queen's Folly

Forms of jawbation

pluraljawbations

Questions about jawbation

What is jawbation the alternative spelling of?
Jawbation is the alternative spelling of jobation.

Words near jawbation in the dictionary

  1. jawar
  2. jawari
  3. jawars
  4. jawaub
  5. jawaubs
  6. jawbation
  7. jawbations
  8. jawblock
  9. jawblocked
  10. jawblocking
  11. jawblocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jawbation (page history and authors); jobation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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