detrectation rare.
(diːtrɛkˈteɪʃən)
[ad. L. dētrectātiōn-em, n. of action from dētrectāre: see prec.]
A drawing back, refusal, declinature.
| 1623 Cockeram, Detrectation, a refusing to doe a thing. a 1647 Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) II. 308 The more hateful is the detrectation of our observance. 1789 Bentham Princ. Legisl. xvi. §27 (1879) 237 If he was [in possession], it may be termed wrongful abdication of trust; if not, wrongful detrectation or non-assumption. |