English

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Etymology

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From Latin exilīo (leap up, bound) +‎ -ion.

Noun

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exilition (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of suddenly jumping up or out.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
      From Salt-petre proceedeth the force and the report; for Sulphur and Small-coal mixed will not take fire with noise, or exilition []

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