noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Using an epithet of something or someone for effect, when that epithet is not truly applicable. rhetoric, uncountable
2. 2
   A deferred decision. Roman, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

adjournmentadjournment

Etymology

From Latin ampliātiō (“extending; a deferring of the decision of a judge”). Doublet of ampliation.

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