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reviction

reviction noun: revival (return to life, usually figuratively).

Noun

reviction (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) revival (return to life, usually figuratively)
    • to arise from the grave to return again into it, is but an uncomfortable revictionc. 1682, Thomas Browne, letter to a friend

Origin of reviction

From Latin revivere, revictum (“to live again”), from re- (“re-”) + vivere (“to live”).

Questions about reviction

What does reviction mean?
Reviction means revival (return to life, usually figuratively).
What part of speech is reviction?
Reviction is a noun.

Words near reviction in the dictionary

  1. revictimized
  2. revictimizer
  3. revictimizers
  4. revictimizes
  5. revictimizing
  6. reviction
  7. revictual
  8. revictualed
  9. revictualing
  10. revictualled
  11. revictualling

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