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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Jactitation

· Jac·ti·ta·tion · IPA /ˌd͡ʒæktɪˈteɪʃən/
01 n. Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
  1. 1.
    Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.(Law)
  2. 2.
    A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.(Med.)
Phrases & compounds
Jactitation of marriage — a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue.