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Meaning of "cavillation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAVILLATION

cavillation  [ˌkævɪˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAVILLATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cavillation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAVILLATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cavillation in the English dictionary

The definition of cavillation in the dictionary is any objection made to or dispute raised about trivial points or frivolities.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAVILLATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAVILLATION

caviar
caviare
cavicorn
cavie
cavies
cavil
caviler
cavilled
caviller
cavilling
caving
caving-in
cavitary
cavitate
cavitation
Cavite
cavities
cavity
cavity block
cavity resonator

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAVILLATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of cavillation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cavillation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAVILLATION

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Translator English - Chinese

cavillation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cavillation
570 millions of speakers

English

cavillation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cavillation
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

cavillation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cavillation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cavillation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cavillation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cavillation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cavilation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cavillation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cavillation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cavillation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cavillation
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cavillation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cavillation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दाब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cavillation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavillation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cavillation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cavillation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cavillation
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

cavillation
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

cavillation
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

cavillation
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

cavillation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cavillation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVILLATION»

The term «cavillation» is used very little and occupies the 155.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVILLATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cavillation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAVILLATION»

Discover the use of cavillation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cavillation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Metaphysical Wit
Urbane cavillation is his third and highest operation of the intellect.” He equates it with the logical enthymeme and makes its ingenious use the specific distinction of the arguto writer. The perfect stroke of argutezza, in whatever mode, will be ...
A. J. Smith, 2006
2
Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance: The Case of Law
17° As Turamini points out, cavillation can arise from defects (vitia) in drafting laws; but he also concedes that it can arise in legal argument.171 According to Ferrarius, there is no legal definition which cavillation cannot undermine.172 But  ...
Ian Maclean, 1992
3
A Companion to the Eucharist in the Reformation
16 Thomas cranmer, “An Answer to a crafty and sophistical cavillation devised by stephen gardiner,” in Writings and Disputations of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr 1556, Relative to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, ed.
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Writings and Disputations of Thomas Cranmer Relative to the ...
A CRAFTY AND SOPHISTICAL CAVILLATION, DEVISED BY M. STEPHEN GARDINER, DOCTOR OF L.\\V, LATE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, AGAINST THE TRUE AND GODLY DOCTRINE OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE BODY ...
Thomas Cranmer, John Edmund Cox, 1844
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
... began to find out farther explanations. Swifl. CAViLLA'TiON.f n. s. [old Fr. cavillation, or cavellation, ... CA'viLLER.f n.s. [cavillator, Lat.] Formerly a mocker. See Cavillation, One fond of making objections ; an unfair adversary ; a captious  ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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The Bondage of the Will
But suppose they are called our fruits because we made them, where then remain grace and the Spirit?—Nor does he say, "By their fruits, which are in a certain small part their own, ye shall know them." This cavillation rather is ridiculous, ...
Martin Luther, 2010
7
Vollständiges Wörterbuch Der Englischen Sprache Für Die ...
3 Cavillation, injurc; Slander, Detraé'tion, Railing; evil Speaking, Obloquy, Reviling or Vilifying, Back- Biting, Traducmgd ,. , . Schnmhsudmg, mn'. 6' ada. slandcr. Gus, calmnnious, railing; obusive, offensivc, afli'omive, contumçlious¡ wrong, l, ...
Johann Ebers, 1799
8
Causa Episcopatus Hierarchici Lucifuga: Or, A Confutation of ...
Author anent the Distinction of the Clergy X His Cavillation upon the Authors Asser- and Laitv. 102, to; tion anent Hegrsippar, as also ment a Citation 'lis s ' riticism upon the Authors Asserrion, _0fAn'brofe,kcfuted. '99, zeo That ijn'an ownd  ...
Thomas Forrester, 1706
9
The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: A New and Complete Edition
And first, here 'Viiclfggl'g cometh in a blind cavillation of a certain sophister, who, glossing upon aim“ the the words of Pelagius above recited, laboureth to colour the plain text '13355.3: with a subtle meaning, as though the sense of the canon ...
John Foxe, Stephen Reed Cattley, George Townsend, 1841
10
A Full View Of The Public Transactions In the Riegn of Q. ...
maintenant le Havre es mains du Roy j pourveu qu'elle puisse estre asseurée, qu 'au bout des vm ans elle aura son droict de Calais sans cavillation ou delay, et fans qu'elle soit alors contraincte d'entrer en nouvelle guerre : et d'aultre part, ...
Patrick Forbes, 1741

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