perambulation
4 synonyms for perambulation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A walk around an area, especially one taken to look it over.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Taken from Middle English perambulacioun, from Anglo-Norman and Latin; by surface analysis this is perambulate + -ation, or alternatively per- + ambulate + -ion.
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