† propugnationn.
Obsolete.
Defence, protection; vindication.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun]
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propugnation1575
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > vindication
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1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens ii. P.iv. v So that now there was no lesse bickering & contention on both parties for the oppugnation and propugnation of Narbon: the one side meanyng to win the citie, the other not intendyng so to loose it.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 62 Signifiyng..that this Scottish Lyon depended wholly upon the propugnation and defence of french lilies.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 135 What propugnation is in one mans valour. View more context for this quotation
1647 M. Hudson Divine Right Govt. ii. vi. 113 Arguments alledged for the propugnation thereof.
1732 Discov. Banian Relig. viii, in Coll. Voy. & Trav. VI. 315 This opinion gayned propugnation and defence by Pythagoras, and Plato, by this meanes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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