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subreptions

subreptions is the plural of subreption.

Meaning of subreption

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.

Questions about subreptions

What is subreptions the plural of?
Subreptions is the plural of subreption.

Words near subreptions in the dictionary

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

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