jactitation

noun

1. Law. a false boast or claim that causes injury to another.
2. Pathology. jactation(def 2).

noun

1. the act of boasting
2. a false boast or claim that tends to harm another person, esp a false assertion that one is married to another, formerly actionable at law
3. Also called: jactation pathol restless tossing in bed, characteristic of severe fevers and certain mental disorders

n.

1. Extreme restlessness or tossing in bed, as with some forms of acute disease.