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defiliˈation nonce-wd. [f. de- II. 1 + L. fīli-us son, fīli-a daughter + -ation, after affiliation.] Deprivation of a son.
1822Lamb Elia Ser. i. Praise Chimney-Sw., The recovery of the young Montagu [may] be but a solitary instance of good fortune out of many irreparable and hopeless defiliations. |