atimy

[Gr. ἀτιμία ( atimia ) = dishonour; ἀτιμάω (atimaō) = to dishonour: a, priv., and τιμή ( time ) = worship, honour; τίω ( tiō ) = to pay honour.] In Ancient Greece: Infamy; public disgrace inflicted on those who had been guilty of certain offences. -a'-tion. [Eng. suff., from Lat. -atio , as oblation, from Lat. oblatio = an offering.] It signifies (1) the act of, (2) the state of being, and (3) that which. For example: "God's creation of the world" means "God's act of creating the world;" "the world's creation" signifies "its state of being created," and by the expre ion "the visible creation" we mean "the persons who and things which have been created."