subreption
noun/sʌbˈɹɛpʃən/
Etymology From Latin subreptio, from subripere, subreptum (“to snatch or take away secretly”). Compare French subreption. See surreptitious, surreptition.
1
Historical Under Roman law, the act of giving false testimony.
2
Catholicism, Christianity The act of obtaining a favour or grant by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
- lest there should be any subreption in this sacred business, it is ordered, that these Ordinations should be no other than solemn1644, Bishop Joseph Hall, A Modest Offer:
3
The act of obtaining a gift or favor by concealing the truth.
4
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The conflation of a condition under which it is possible to intuitively understand an object, and a condition under which an object can possibly exist; the confusion of knowing with experiencing.
- Related terms
- subreptive
- Coordinate terms
- obreption, surreptition