Meanings
noundeprehension (countable and uncountable, plural deprehensions)
plural deprehensions
- countableobsoleteuncountableA catching in the act; discovery (of a misdeed)
The act of adultery was her crime : to be taken in the very act , was no part of her sin , but the proof of her just conviction ; yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame.
1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
Origin
- Latindeprehensio
- Englishdeprehension
From Latin deprehensio. See deprehend.
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