Bible Dictionaries
Exacerbation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

(2):

(n.) The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exacerbation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exacerbation.html. 1828.