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Definition of: ation
1. Action or process of: creation.
2. Condition or quality of: affectation.
3. Result of: reformation. Also -ion, -tion. ◆ -ation was originally found in English nouns borrowed from Latin, and is now used by analogy to form nouns on any stem, as in starvation, thunderation. [<F -ation or L -atio, -ationis <-atus -ATE1 + -io -ION]
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