embarkation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

embarkation (countable and uncountable, plural embarkations)

  • The act of embarking.
  • The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
  • (obsolete) A vessel.

Etymology

From French embarcation. By surface analysis, embark +‎ -ation.

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