kənˌfabyəˈlāshən, ˌkän- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English confabulacion, from Late Latin confabulation-, confabulatio, from Latin confabulatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : familiar talk : conversation
drew closer in whispered confabulation — Elinor Wylie
also : chat
the staple of feminine confabulations — George Santayana
b. : conference , discussion
plans and intrigues and whispered confabulations — Max Lerner
2. : a filling in of gaps in memory by free fabrication (as in Korsakoff's syndrome)
• con·fab·u·la·to·ry kənˈfabyələˌtōrē adjective