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reviction

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

revival (return to life, usually figuratively)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • c. 1682, Thomas Browne, letter to a friend to arise from the grave to return again into it, is but an uncomfortable reviction

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin revivere, revictum (“to live again”), from re- (“re-”) + vivere (“to live”).