Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL-LE-GA'TION
AL-LE-GA'TION, n.
- Affirmation; positive assertion or declaration.
- That which is affirmed or asserted; that which is offered as a plea, excuse or justification.
- In ecclesiastical courts, a formal complaint, or declaration of charges.
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