quadruplication

noun

qua·​dru·​pli·​ca·​tion kwäˌdrüpləˈkāshən 

plural -s

1

: the act, process, or result of quadrupling

2

[Medieval Latin quadruplication-, quadruplicatio (influenced in meaning by Late Latin replication-, replicatio reply), from Late Latin, act of quadrupling] : a rebuttal pleading of the respondent or libelee corresponding to a common law rebutter with the original exception or answer having been followed by the replication or reply, duplication or rejoinder, triplication or surrejoinder

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin quadruplication-, quadruplicatio, from Latin quadruplicatus (past participle of quadruplicare) + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for quadruplication

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration