حَفِيظَةٌ
Root: حفظ
Full Definition
2 Also, and حِفْظَةٌ , Indignation, and anger, by reason of violence, or injury, done to something which one is bound to honour or respect, and to defend, or of wrong done to a relation, or kinsman, in one's neighbourhood, or of the breach of a covenant. It is said in a prov., المَقْدِرَةُ تُذْهِبُ الحَفِيظَةَ [Power to revenge dispels anger, or indignation, &c.]; meaning that it is incumbent to forgive when one has power [to revenge].
def.2 An amulet, or a charm, bearing an inscription, which is hung upon a child, to charm against the evil eye &c.
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