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Definition of faction

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Faction (n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good..

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Insatisfaction :: Insatisfaction (n.) Insufficiency; emptiness.

Petrifaction :: Petrifaction (n.) The state or condition of being petrified.

Concision :: Concision (n.) A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.

Stupefaction :: Stupefacient (n.) Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.

Liquefaction :: Liquefaction (n.) The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat..

Self-enjoyment :: Self-enjoyment (n.) Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.

Indol :: Indol (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora..

Stupefactive :: Stupefaction (n.) The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied..

Delight :: Delight (v. t.) A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

Atone :: Atone (v. t.) To make satisfaction for; to expiate.

Ptomaine :: Ptomaine (n.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines..

Excalfaction :: Excalfaction (n.) A heating or warming; calefaction.

Partisan :: Partisan (a.) Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal..

Displeasing :: Displeasing (a.) Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..

Stupify :: Stupidity (n.) Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction.

Madefaction :: Madefaction (n.) Alt. of Madeficatio.

Spargefaction :: Spargefaction (n.) The act of sprinkling.

Anthropolite :: Anthropolite (n.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it..

Colliquefaction :: Colliquefaction (n.) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.