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visitation

noun
🔊/ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃn/
🔊/ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃn/
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  1. [uncountable] (North American English) the right of a parent who is divorced or separated from his or her partner to visit a child who is living with the partner（离婚父母对子女的）探视权
    • She is seeking more liberal visitation with her daughter.她正在争取对女儿有更自由的探视权。🔊🔊
    • visitation rights探视子女的权利
    compare access
  2. [countable, uncountable] visitation (of/from somebody/something) (formal) an official visit, especially to check that rules are being obeyed and everything is as it should be视察；巡视
  3. [countable] visitation (of/from somebody/something) (formal) an unexpected appearance of something, for example a ghost（神灵等的）显现，显示，出现
  4. [countable] visitation (of something) (formal) a disaster that is believed to be a punishment from God（视为上帝惩罚的）天灾，灾难，灾祸
    • a visitation of plague天降瘟疫
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from late Latin visitatio(n-), from the verb visitare ‘go to see’, frequentative of visare ‘to view’, from videre ‘to see’.