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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Novation

· No·va·tion · IPA /noʊˈveɪʃən/
01 n. Innovation.
  1. 1.
    Innovation.[Obs.]
    “I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths.” — Laud.
  2. 2.
    A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation; debt restructuring.(Law)