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labefaction

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lab⋅e⋅fac⋅tion

[lab-uh-fak-shuhn]
–noun
a shaking or weakening; overthrow or downfall.

Origin:
1610–20; < LL labefactiōn- (s. of labefactiō), equiv. to labefact(us) (ptp. of labefacere to loosen) + -iōn- -ion
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