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1. n. a severe or trying experience n. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence Source: ecdict

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innocence accused believed control dangerous determining divine escape experience guilt method painful person primitive severe sign subjecting taken tests trying

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