Averruncation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Averruncation \Av`er*run*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. OF. averroncation.]
     1. The act of averting. [Obs.]
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     2. Eradication. [R.] --De Quincey.
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