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Definition of Lenitions
1. lenition [n] - See also: lenition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenitions
Literary usage of Lenitions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1815)
"... lenitions upon the Corn Bill, 8vg.'sd,' Crosby's Builder'f New Price BOOK,
correc'ted , to F^b. 18 J5, 8vo. sd. ".• n'.. . " .' . ' . ..."
2. The Richmond Medical Journal (1866)
"To the misanthrope and ascetic, these consi lenitions may be subordinate and
valueless, but to those who desire and prefer to think well of their associates ..."
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