devocation

English

Etymology

From Latin devocare (“to call off or away”), from de + vocare (“to call”).

Noun

devocation (plural devocations)

1. A calling off or away.
   • 1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea:

     […] be freed and released from all its Blandishments and flattering Devocations

References

• “devocation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.