These are the meanings of the letters FIATCONFIRMATIO when you unscramble them.
- Fortification (n.)
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
- Fortification (n.)
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.
- Mortification (n.)
A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.
- Mortification (n.)
Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
- Mortification (n.)
Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
- Mortification (n.)
Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.
- Mortification (n.)
That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.
- Mortification (n.)
The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified
- Mortification (n.)
The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.