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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jac·ti·ta·tion /ˌʤæktəˈteʃən/
 折騰,詐婚訴訟,虛張聲勢

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 jac·ti·ta·tion /ˌʤæktəˈteʃən/ 名詞
 輾轉不安

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jac·ti·ta·tion n.
 1.  Law Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
 2.  Med. A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.
 Jactitation of marriage Eng. Eccl. Law, a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jactitation
      n 1: speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting,
            self-praise]
      2: (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false
         claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at
         law)
      3: (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually
         by a person with a severe illness [syn: jactation]