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DEFILIATION

\dɪfˌɪlɪˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪfˌɪlɪˈe‍ɪʃən], \d_ɪ_f_ˌɪ_l_ɪ__ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of DEFILIATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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Abstraction of a child from its parents.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Abstraction of a child from its parents.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

de-fil-i-[=a]'shun, n. depriving a parent of his child. [L. de, neg., and filius, a son.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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