What does defiliation mean?
Defiliation means The separation of a child from its parents..
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/dɪˌfɪliːˈ(j)eɪʃən/ · noun
The separation of a child from its parents..
[…] the tales of fairy-spiriting may shadow a lamentable verity, and the recovery of the young Montagu be but a solitary instance of good fortune, out of many irreparable and hopeless defiliations.
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Defiliation means The separation of a child from its parents..
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[…] the tales of fairy-spiriting may shadow a lamentable verity, and the recovery of the young Montagu be but a solitary instance of good fortune, out of many irreparable and hopeless defiliations.
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