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† otiˈation Obs. rare.
[n. of action from L. ōtiārī: see prec.]
The condition of being at leisure or doing nothing; a taking one's ease.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. (Arb.) 307 To seeme idle when they be earnestly occupied..and do busily negotiat by coulor of otiation. 1620Bp. J. King Serm. 26 Mar. 9 Some shew of indisposition and otiation in God, as if he were gone to rest, and minded vs not. |