expection

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Definition of expection

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noun

(alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, rare, uncountable)Alternative form of expectation.

“Such curtesies are reall, which flow cheerefully / Without an expection of requitall.”
“A great Number of Types, Prefigurations and Prophecies […] all of them so pointing one way, as to beget in the whole Nation of the Jews, an Expection of the coming of a Messiah; […]”
“It is ridiculous […] to expect a duty to be performed for a fee established nearly four hundred years ago! The unreasonableness of such an expection justifies, in a certain degree, the discretional claims of the officer; […]”

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noun

(alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, rare, uncountable)Alternative form of expectation.

“Such curtesies are reall, which flow cheerefully / Without an expection of requitall.”
“A great Number of Types, Prefigurations and Prophecies […] all of them so pointing one way, as to beget in the whole Nation of the Jews, an Expection of the coming of a Messiah; […]”
“It is ridiculous […] to expect a duty to be performed for a fee established nearly four hundred years ago! The unreasonableness of such an expection justifies, in a certain degree, the discretional claims of the officer; […]”
(alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable)Misspelling of exception.

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From expect + -ion.

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