REFACTION Definition & Meaning

refaction

[ ri-fak-shuhn ]

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noun

Archaic. reparation for a wrong or injury; atonement; recompense.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of refaction¹

First recorded in 1635–45; re- ( def ) + faction ¹( def ), in the obsolete sense “act of doing, making”

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They are forbidden to read, save what their Superior permitted, or listen to what is read, save such holy things as may be recited aloud during the hours of refaction; but lo! their ears are at the command of idle minstrels, and their eyes study empty romaunts.

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