Subreption
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subreption is a noun meaning (Catholicism) The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
Meaning
(Catholicism) The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
More Meanings
- (Scots law) The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.
- (philosophy) The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing.
- (historical) Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
Example Sentences
lest there should be any subreption in this sacred business, it is ordered, that these Ordinations should be no other than solemn
Word Forms
- subreptions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include surreptition, prevarication, subornation, testilying, perjury, detraction.
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