ratihabition

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noun

confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract

OriginLatin ratihabitio →
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Meanings

nounratihabition (countable and uncountable, plural ratihabitions)

plural ratihabitions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountablelawconfirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract

    For in , matters criminal , ratihabition or approving of the act does always make the approver guilty

    1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinratihabitio
  2. Englishratihabition

From Latin ratihabitio, from ratus (“fixed, valid”) + habere (“to hold”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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