compurgationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin compurgātiōnem, from compurgāre (“to purify”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kɒmpɜːˈɡeɪʃən/, /kɒmpəˈɡeɪʃən/

名詞

compurgation (countable and uncountable, plural compurgations)

1. (now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.

   Synonyms: absolution, acquittance, assoilment; see also Thesaurus:acquittal

   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 23:

     Between the later middle ages and the early seventeenth century, compurgation appears to have become an increasingly onerous test to pass, perhaps reflecting tightening attitudes to sexual offenders.

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