commination Hear it!

commination definition

com·mi·na·tion (käm′ə nā′s̸hən)

noun

a threat or denunciation

Etymology: ME comminacioun < L comminatio < comminatus, pp. of comminari, to threaten < com-, intens. + minari, to menace

Related Forms:

  • comminatory com′·mi·na·to′ry (käm′i nə tôr′ē, kə min′ə-) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.