expatiationn.
/ɛkˌspeɪʃɪˈeɪʃən/ The action of expatiating.† 2. The action of extending, expanding, or developing; expansion, development. Cf. sense 3 of vb. Also concrete an extended portion, a projection. Obsolete.
1. The action of walking abroad, or wandering at large; also, an instance of the same. literal and figurative. Also, opportunity or room for expatiating. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly
roilinga1398
roitinga1450
gadding1533
vaguing1596
expatiation1640
strolling1717
gallivanting1826
streeling1841
traiking1894
stooging1944
swanning1951
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity
roomeOE
leisure1303
libertyc1425
free chase1467
scope1534
roomtha1540
swinge1542
swing1584
blank charter1593
freedom1623
field1639
play1641
free agencya1646
range1793
expatiationa1848
leaveway1890
open slather1919
headroom1932
1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning ii. xiii. 115 There are no other Errors, or manifest Expatiations in heaven, save those of the seaven Planets.
1657 A. Farindon XXX. Serm. ii. 2 Take them from the Devil's latitudes and expatiations.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iv. 35 Gladness..is an expansion, or an expatiation of the said sensitive spirits out of their cells into some larger Meatus.
a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) iv. 159 A proper self-love finds in religion a perfect expatiation.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasec1374
dilatationc1400
larging?a1425
magnification?a1425
bredingc1440
ampliation1509
enlarginga1513
dilating1532
ampliating1541
amplification1546
amplifying1553
propagation1563
enlargement1564
widening1569
growth1587
dilation1598
expatiation1612
diduction1634
expansion1635
extendinga1649
dispansion1658
elargement1680
expatiating1708
explicating1730
aggrandizement1772
extension1839
expanse1860
aggrandization1929
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > extension of limits or boundaries > an extended portion
expatiation1612
extension1852
1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke ii. ii. 94 The unlimited expatiation of so foule wrongs.
1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus Περι Ὑψους 52 A periphrasis very often winds up it self in its own expatiation.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 76 Surrey..may be allowed to be a Square (besides its Angular expatiation in the South-west) of two and twenty miles.
3. The action of discussing at large; extended talk or description.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > expatiation
walk1553
enlargement1659
expatiation1816
1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. I. 277 The tact of the person who has thus had the discretion to turn away the bolt, is the theme of expatiation.
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xv. 235 This tempting field of interesting expatiation.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 423 The reason is too apparent to need any expatiation.
1885 Manch. Examiner 28 Jan. 3/4 The whole article is an example..of tamely edifying expatiation.
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