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defenestration definition

de·fen·es·tra·tion (dē fen′ə strā′s̸hən)

noun

a throwing out through a window

Etymology: ModL defenestratio < L de- + fenestra, window

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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