Obs. rare–1. [as if ad. L. *flētiōn-em, n. of action f. flēre: see prec.] Weeping.
1716. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., II. 254. They were against communicating or allowing those real or occasional Conformists any other Station in Church and State, besides the different degrees of Penitential Fletion, Audition, Substration and Consistence.
