Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pec-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of expectation.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Misspelling of exception.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Such curtesies are reall, which flow cheerefully / Without an expection of requitall."
"A great Number of Types, Prefigurations and Prophecies […] all of them so pointing one way, as to beget in the whole Nation of the Jews, an Expection of the coming of a Messiah; […]"
"It is ridiculous […] to expect a duty to be performed for a fee established nearly four hundred years ago! The unreasonableness of such an expection justifies, in a certain degree, the discretional claims of the officer; […]"

Etymology

From expect + -ion.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: expect

Usage

Inflected Forms

expections (plural)

Questions

What does expection mean?: Alternative form of expectation.
Where does expection come from?: From expect + -ion.

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