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exorbitation|ɛgzɔːbɪˈteɪʃən| [ad. L. exorbitātiōn-em, n. of action f. exorbitāre: see exorbitate.] Deviation from the usual path or track; an instance of the same.
a1628Preston New Covt. (1634) 200 If there be an exorbitation of the line..it is not straight. 1631R. Byfield Doctr. Sabb. 172 The exorbitation of discipline. 1635Heywood Hierarch i. 12 They are..an Exorbitation and bringing out of Square. 1847De Quincey Wks. (1862) VII. 76 No deliberative body would less have tolerated such philosophic exorbitations from public business. |