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dubitation.

dubitation: the action of putting in doubt, or a state of doubt

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Meaning & usage

noun/dy.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/
  1. dubitation: the action of putting in doubt, or a state of doubt

    feminine · literary
  2. a figure of speech, a passage in which a writer or speaker expresses or feigns doubt, for example to forestall objections

    feminine · rhetoric
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Borrowed from Latin dubitātiōnem.

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