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subreption

/sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/

subreption noun: under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.

Noun

subreption (countable and uncountable, plural subreptions)

  1. (historical) Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
  2. The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
    • lest there should be any subreption in this sacred business, it is ordered, that these Ordinations should be no other than solemn1644, Bishop Joseph Hall, A Modest Offer
  3. (Scots law) The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.
  4. The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing.

subreption meaning in Tamil

subreption in Tamil

புரட்டீட்டு, புரட்டுரையினால் ஒன்றைப்பெறுதல், அதிரடிப்பேறு, அதிரடியால் ஒன்றைக் கைப்பற்றுதல்

Forms of subreption

pluralsubreptions

Origin of subreption

From Latin subreptio, from subripere, subreptum (“to snatch or take away secretly”). Compare French subreption. See surreptitious, surreptition.

Questions about subreption

What does subreption mean?
Subreption means under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
What is subreption in Tamil?
Subreption in Tamil is புரட்டீட்டு, புரட்டுரையினால் ஒன்றைப்பெறுதல், அதிரடிப்பேறு. See Subreption meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subreption?
Subreption is a noun.
How do you pronounce subreption?
Subreption is pronounced /sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/.
What is the plural of subreption?
The plural of subreption is subreptions.

Words near subreption in the dictionary

  1. subrepos
  2. subrepositories
  3. subrepository
  4. subrepresentation
  5. subrepresentations
  6. subreption
  7. subreptions
  8. subreptitious
  9. subreptitiously
  10. subreptive
  11. subrequest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subreption (page history and authors); subreption (Tamil 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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