No-vā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. novatio, from novare, to make new, from novus, new; Fr. novation, Sp. novacion, It. novazione.] 1. Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Abp. Laud. 2. (Law.) A substitution of a new debt for an old one. (Chitty.) Pothier.