vagation

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: an act or instance of departing from an expected or regular course

Word History

Etymology

Middle English vagacion, from Middle French vagation, from Latin vagation-, vagatio action of wandering, from vagatus (past participle of vagari) + -ion-, -io -ion

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