minoration

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UK/mʌɪnəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

Reduction; lessening.

OriginLate Latin minoratio ← Latin minōrāre →
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Meanings

nounminoration (countable and uncountable, plural minorations)

plural minorations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableReduction; lessening.

    […] we now do hope the mercies of God will consider our degenerated integrities unto some minoration of our offences […]

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.2
  2. countableuncountablemathematicsMinorization.

Origin

  1. Latinminōrāre
  2. Late Latinminoratio
  3. Englishminoration

From Late Latin minoratio, from the participle stem of Latin minōrāre.

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APA

minoration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minoration

MLA

“minoration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minoration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minoration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minoration.

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