refaction

[ ri-fak-shuhn ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of refaction¹

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

Example Sentences

They are forbidden to read, save what their Superior permitted, or listen to what is read, save such holy things as may be recited aloud during the hours of refaction; but lo! their ears are at the command of idle minstrels, and their eyes study empty romaunts.

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