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† ˈdisplicence Obs.
[ad. L. displicēntia displeasure, f. displicēre to displease. Cf. the earlier displacence.]
Displeasure, dissatisfaction.
1605Bell Motives conc. Romish Faith 102 Durand saieth, the faulte is remitted in purgatorie, for the displicence of venials, which the soules haue in that place. 1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. ii. §2 (R.), Put on a serious displicence..that they may not incurre this menace of Christ, ‘Woe be unto you that laugh now’. 1680Baxter Cath. Commun. (1684) 16 Complacence is the first act of the will upon Good as Good..Displicence is its contrary, and its object is Evil as Evil. 1736H. Coventry Philem. to Hyd. (T.), Devotion towards heaven, and a general displicence and peevishness towards every thing besides. |