triplication

noun

trip·​li·​ca·​tion ˌtripləˈkāshən 

plural -s

1

a

: a legal pleading showing why the last pleading of the opposing party should not be given legal effect : an equitable rebutter

b

: the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rejoinder in Roman and civil law resembling the surrejoinder in common law

c

: the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication in early English law

2

: the action of tripling or making threefold or adding three together

3

: something that is triplicated or threefold

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Late Latin triplication-, triplicatio action of tripling, from Latin triplicatus + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for triplication

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation