molestation
/mɒlɪˈsteɪʃən/US/ˌmoʊlɪˈsteɪʃən/
molestation noun: the act of molesting.
Noun
molestation (countable and uncountable, plural molestations)
- The act of molesting.
molestation meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
molestation in Tamil
- தொல்லை, இடைஞ்சல், தொந்தரவு, சங்கடம், பாலியல் ரீதியான தொல்லை
molestation in Marathi
- विनयभंग
molestation in Urdu
- آبروریزی, چھیڑ چھاڑ, دست اندازی, ایذا رسائی
molestation in Bengali
- উৎপীড়ন, হেনস্থা
Forms of molestation
| plural | molestations |
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Origin of molestation
From Old French molestacion, from Latin molestatio. By surface analysis, molest + -ation.
Words formed from molestation
Questions about molestation
- What does molestation mean?
- Molestation means the act of molesting.
- What is molestation in Tamil?
- Molestation in Tamil is தொல்லை, இடைஞ்சல், தொந்தரவு. See Molestation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is molestation?
- Molestation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce molestation?
- Molestation is pronounced /mɒlɪˈsteɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of molestation?
- The plural of molestation is molestations.
Words near molestation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: molestation (page history and authors); molestation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); molestation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molestation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); molestation (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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