Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonextortion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nonex-tor-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of extortion.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Posner's second argument against enforcing surrogacy contracts invokes a principle of nonextortion, which might be entailed by basic liberty (depending on what nonextortion is taken to mean)."

Etymology

From non- + extortion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nonextortion mean?: Lack of extortion.
Where does nonextortion come from?: From non- + extortion.

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