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Meaning of EMASCULATION

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
  2. [n]  loss of power and masculinity
 
 Synonyms: castration
 
 See Also: altering, effeminacy, effeminateness, fixing, neutering, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E*mas`cu*la"tion\, n.
1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so
   deprived; castration.

2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor
   or strength; unmanly weakness.

 

 

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