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detrectation rare.|diːtrɛkˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. dētrectātiōn-em, n. of action from dētrectāre: see prec.]
A drawing back, refusal, declinature.
1623Cockeram, Detrectation, a refusing to doe a thing. a1647Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) II. 308 The more hateful is the detrectation of our observance. 1789Bentham Princ. Legisl. xvi. §27 (1879) 237 If he was [in possession], it may be termed wrongful abdication of trust; if not, wrongful detrectation or non-assumption. |