Ablegation

Related to Ablegation: abnegation

Ab`le`ga´tion


n.1.The act of sending abroad.
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The related term ablegation, which follows it in OED, and which is defined as 'dispatch, dismissal', is also illustrated solely with seventeenth-century references, from 1615, 1649, and 1662.
A postdating for 'OED' from Edward Davies's 'Elisa Powell.' (Oxford English Dictionary)
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