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passiǒun
n.
227 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) That which must be endured, suffering, pain; a pang of hunger, etc.; also, suffering as penance [quot.:
PPl.B
];
passiounes of ded
, death pangs; (b) a means of torment.
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