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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In old English law, the act of deraigning; proof; justification.
  • noun The act of disordering or disarranging; a turning out of course.
  • noun A renunciation, as of religious or monastic vows.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of deraigning.
  • noun obsolete The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.

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