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Meaning of subreption | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/

Definitions

  1. Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
    countable, historical, uncountable
  2. The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.
    countable, uncountable
  4. The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“lest there should be any subreption in this sacred business, it is ordered, that these Ordinations should be no other than solemn”

CEFR level

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

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