Thesaurus: novation

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1. n. Innovation.
2. n. A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.
3. n. (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party
4. 1. Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud. 2. (Law) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.
5. A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, theremodeling of an old obligation.
6. n. (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party