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obtention

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Learned borrowing from Latin obtentiōnem, accusative of obtentiō.

obtentions (plural)

What does obtention mean?: The act of obtaining.
Where does obtention come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin obtentiōnem, accusative of obtentiō.

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