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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation. archaic, countable, uncountable

   "Nothing they are ſaue a meere perturbation / Of common Nature, an exorbitation / And bringing out of ſquare;[…]"

Synonyms

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aberrationbendbiascornercrookcurve

Example

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"Nothing they are ſaue a meere perturbation / Of common Nature, an exorbitation / And bringing out of ſquare;[…]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exorbitatio, from exorbitō (“to go off the track, deviate”) + -tio.

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