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relevation

relevation noun: a raising or lifting up.

Noun

relevation

  1. (obsolete) A raising or lifting up
    1. (obsolete) A raising back up

Origin of relevation

From Middle English relevacion, relevacioun, relevation, from Middle French relevation and its etymon Latin relevātiō, from relevāre. See relieve. By surface analysis, relevate + -ion.

Words that rhyme with relevation

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Questions about relevation

What does relevation mean?
Relevation means a raising or lifting up.
What part of speech is relevation?
Relevation is a noun.

Words near relevation in the dictionary

  1. relevantly
  2. relevate
  3. relevated
  4. relevates
  5. relevating
  6. relevation
  7. relevel
  8. releveled
  9. releveling
  10. relevelled
  11. relevelling

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