Home › Words › T › tractationtractationtractation means treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tractation ranks #11,093 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin tractatio.nountreatment or handling of a subject; discussione.g.“a full tractation of the points controverted” — 1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tractate 75% match — A treatise. vs tractation →treatment 62% match — The process or manner of treating someone or something. vs tractation →treatise 61% match — A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject. vs tractation →treater 60% match — One who or that which treats. vs tractation →treatiselike 59% match — Resembling or characteristic of a treatise. vs tractation →discursus 59% match — argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning vs tractation →treating 59% match — Treatment. vs tractation →discoursing 58% match — conversation vs tractation →