2 definitions
for confabulation
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Confabulation \Con*fab`u*la"tion\, n. [L. confabulatio.]
Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious
conversation.
[1913 Webster]
Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times,
as fire in winter. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
confabulation
n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, schmooze,
schmoose]
2: (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in
gaps in what is remembered