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noun
The act of lying down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: cubation, decumbence, decumbency, decumbiture
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin dēcubō (“to lie in a bed (that is not one’s own)”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process or its result). Dēcubō is derived from dē- (“from”) + cubō (“to lie down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-); compare dēcumbō (“to lie down”).
