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خُلْعَةٌ

Root: خلع

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خُلْعَةٌ A state of divorcement [for a ransom given by the wife, or for her property given by her as a ransom to release her from her husband, or] for a gift, or a compensation, from the wife, or from another. [See 8: and see also خُلْعٌ.] You say, وَقَعَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا الخُلْعَةُ [Divorcement, or] separation, [for a ransom, &c. or] for [a gift, or] a compensation, took place between them two.

def.2 The best, or choice part, of property, or of camels or the like; so called because it takes away the heart of him who looks at it; as also خِلْعَةٌ .

def.3 Weakness in a man.
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