Stupifaction

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

  Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See
     {Stupefacient}.]
     The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
     [Written also {stupifaction}.]
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           Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
           hardness and stupefaction upon it.       --South.
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