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Meaning of dubitation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
djuːbɪˈteɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
  2. A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
  3. A pang or expression of doubt.

Equivalents

Български съмнение
Català dubte
Español dubitación zozobra
Italiano angoscia dubbio
Kurdî şuphe
Русский сомнение
Türkçe şüphe tereddüt

Examples

“I … Alle that my progenitouris hath … seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion.”
“The Chamæleon [...] eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling.”
“All my dubitation and distress were gone, for I had something to do, although what I could not yet tell.”
“The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion.”
“Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie.”
“[T]he deep earnest soul of the man had fallen into all manner of black scruples, dubitations; he believed himself likely to die soon, and far worse than die.”
“Poor William Wylder had those special troubles which haunt nervous temperaments and speculative minds, when under the solemn influence of religion. [...] These terrors and dubitations are infections.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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