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CAVILLATION

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CAVILLATIONn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.
cavillationnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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The act of cavilling.

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