devitation

English

Etymology

Latin devitatio.

Noun

devitation (plural devitations)

1. (obsolete) An avoiding or escaping.
   • 1698, Timothy Childe, A phisico-theological Discourse on the Divine Being […] :

     Selection of Good, and Devitation of Evil

2. (obsolete) A warning.

References

• “devitation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.