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Webster 1913 Edition
Minoration
Miˊnor-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
minoratio
: cf. F. minoration
.] A diminution.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Minoration
MINORA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
minoration
minoration
English
Noun
minoration (plural minorations)
- (obsolete) Reduction; lessening.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.2:
- we now do hope the mercies of God will consider our degenerated integrities unto some minoration of our offences [...].
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.2:
- (mathematics) Minorization.