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Aggravation

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from Lat. ad, increasing, and gravis, heavy), the making anything graver or more serious, especially of offences; also used as synonymous with "irritation." In the canon law "aggravation" was a form or ecclesiastical censure, threatening excommunication after three disregarded admonitions.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Aggravation'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/aggravation.html. 1910.
 
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