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ratihabition

ratihabition noun: confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.

Noun

ratihabition (countable and uncountable, plural ratihabitions)

  1. (obsolete) confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract
    • For in , matters criminal , ratihabition or approving of the act does always make the approver guilty1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Forms of ratihabition

pluralratihabitions

Origin of ratihabition

From Latin ratihabitio, from ratus (“fixed, valid”) + habere (“to hold”).

Questions about ratihabition

What does ratihabition mean?
Ratihabition means confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.
What part of speech is ratihabition?
Ratihabition is a noun.
What is the plural of ratihabition?
The plural of ratihabition is ratihabitions.

Words near ratihabition in the dictionary

  1. ratifies
  2. ratify
  3. ratifying
  4. Ratigan
  5. Ratigans
  6. ratihabition
  7. ratihabitions
  8. ratine
  9. ratines
  10. rating
  11. ratings

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