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Etymology edit

Latin orbatio.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɔː(ɹ)ˈbeɪʃən/

Noun edit

orbation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      How much more easy had the want of a son been, than the miscarriage! barrenness, than orbation?

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