- [uncountable] (North American English)
the right of a parent who is divorced or separated from his or her partner to visit a child who is living with the partner （离婚父母对子女的）探视权 - [countable, uncountable] visitation (of/from somebody/something) (formal)
an official visit, especially to check that rules are being obeyed and everything is as it should be 视察；巡视 - [countable] visitation (of/from somebody/something) (formal)
an unexpected appearance of something, for example a ghost （神灵等的）显现，显示，出现 - [countable] visitation (of something) (formal)
a disaster that is believed to be a punishment from God （视为上帝惩罚的）天灾，灾难，灾祸 a visitation of plague 天降瘟疫
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from late Latin visitatio(n-), from the verb visitare ‘go to see’, frequentative of visare ‘to view’, from videre ‘to see’.