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refaction

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[ri-fak-shuhn] / rɪˈfæk ʃən /

noun

  1. Archaic. reparation for a wrong or injury; atonement; recompense.

Etymology

Origin of refaction

First recorded in 1635–45; re- ( def. ) + faction 1 ( def. ), in the obsolete sense “act of doing, making”

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