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Lu⋅cre⋅tia

  [loo-kree-shuh, -shee-uh]
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–noun
1. Also, Lu⋅crece  [loo-krees] . Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
2. a female given name.
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Lucretia 
fem. proper name, from L. Lucretia, fem. of Lucretius, Roman masc. proper name, originally the name of a Roman gens.
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