"subreption" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/ Forms: subreptions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin subreptio, from subripere, subreptum (“to snatch or take away secretly”). Compare French subreption. See surreptitious, surreptition. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|subreptio}} Latin subreptio, {{m|la|subripere}} subripere, {{m|la|subreptum|t=to snatch or take away secretly}} subreptum (“to snatch or take away secretly”), {{cog|fr|subreption}} French subreption, {{m|en|surreptitious}} surreptitious, {{m|en|surreptition}} surreptition Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subreption (countable and uncountable, plural subreptions)
  1. (historical) Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-subreption-en-noun-KwXB6fpk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 22 23 18
  2. (Catholic canon law) The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-subreption-en-noun-sLnvomjM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 22 23 18
  3. (Scots law) The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-subreption-en-noun-6eZCkTVE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 22 23 18
  4. (philosophy) The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-subreption-en-noun-QcHFfK4y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 22 23 18 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  5. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant",[5] "the obtainment of a dispensation or gift by concealment of the truth". Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-subreption-en-noun-t-goolYP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 22 23 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: obreption, Surreptition

Inflected forms

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