Diffidation (noun)
dif-id-ay-shun
(historic) The formal renunciation or dissolution of a relationship of amity, trust, allegiance, or fealty.
Mid 17th century. From post-classical Latin diffidation-, diffidatio defiance, renunciation of allegiance from diffidat-, past participial stem of diffidare + classical Latin -iō.
Example sentences
“The diffidation of church and parliament swept in secularism.”
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