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<suffix>
A suffix used to form nouns denoting an action or an instance of it (alteration; flirtation; hesitation), or nouns denoting a result or product of action (plantation; starvation; vexation).
See: -fication.
Origin: from or suggested by French -ation or from Latin -atio -ationis from verbs ending in -are.
(06 Feb 2009)
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