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obscuration

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ob⋅scu⋅ra⋅tion

[ob-skyoo-rey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of obscuring.
2. the state of being obscured.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L obscūrātiōn- (s. of obscūrātiō) a darkening, equiv. to obscūrāt(us), ptp. of obscūrāre (obscūr(us) dark + -ātus -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion; see -ation
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