Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A driving or thrusting away; expulsion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A driving or thrusting away.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A driving or thrusting away.
Etymologies
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Latin depulsio.
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Examples
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Long suffering is a virtue by which God suspends his anger, lest it should instantly hasten to the depulsion of the evil, as soon as the creature has by his sins deserved it.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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Anger is an affection of depulsion in God, through the punishment of the creature that has transgressed his law, by which he inflicts on the creature the evil of misery for his unrighteousness, and takes the vengeance which is due to him, as an indication of his love towards justice, and of his hatred to sin.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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