Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Demurral
demurral, n. [see demur, v.] (webplay: claim, could, downcast, obtain, true).
Refusal; reserve; dissent; reticence; [fig.] decline; decrease; waning; diminution; disappearance; act of getting smaller; [word play on “demure”] shyness; bashfulness.
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