Homophones for ablegate, abligate

ablegate / abligate [æbˈlᵻgeit]

ablegate – n. & v. – n. – an envoy, an official representative of one political entity to another; an envoy, an official representative of one political entity to another-- a type of ambassador; v. –1. banish, send into exile; 2. give to, assign, grant, commission

abligate – v. –1. suture, clip; 2. bind up to prevent from doing something

Also ablegated/abligated

ablegated – v. simple past and past participle of ablegate - 1. banished, sent into exile; 2. given to, assigned, granted, commissioned

abligated – v. simple past and past participle of abligate - 1. sutured, clipped; 2. bound up

What about ablegation/abligation? – These two nouns do exist and are a set.

These two technical terms can easily be confused. Worse, they are often mistaken for the common word ‘obligation’ and the less common abnegation. Please don’t do this.

To see how divergent these terms really are, we need to look at their Latin roots. Ablegation comes from the Latin (ablegatio – a sending away) whereas abligation comes from (ab + ligatus (ligare-to tie)). They differ here and have not drawn close since.

* Note where the accent falls in these two.

To the uninformed, the temptation would be to place the stress on the first syllable.

Don’t.