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avocation

avo·ca·tion

UK/avə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃən/ US/ævoʊˈkeɪʃən/ uncommon obsolete

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From Latin āvocātiō (“a distraction”), from āvocō (“to call off, distract”).

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