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surprisal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun surprisal has 1 sense
- surprisal(n = noun.act) surprise - the act of surprising someone; Array is a kind of disruption, perturbation
Derived forms verb surprise1, verb surprise2
CIDE DICTIONARY
The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise. [1913 Webster]
"How to secure the lady from surprisal."
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"Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its surprisal."
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