noun /ˌæp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.
b) The thing applied.
If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. .
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