deprehension

English

Etymology

From Latin deprehensio. See deprehend.

Noun

deprehension (countable and uncountable, plural deprehensions)

  1. (obsolete) A catching in the act; discovery (of a misdeed)
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      The act of adultery was her crime : to be taken in the very act , was no part of her sin , but the proof of her just conviction ; yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame.

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