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examen

exa·men

UK/ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

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2.

a critical study (as of a writer''s work)

Origin

From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.

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