Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abscession

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ab-sces-sion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A separating; a removal; a going away.

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] neither justly excommunicated out of that particular Church, to which eh was orderly joyned, not excommunicating himself by voluntary Schisme, declared abscession, separation, or Apostasie."
"I have seen many in the final stage of long illnesses affected by our disease. For Nature has here wished, as it were, in the manner of a crisis in the outer parts of the body to attempt an "abscession" in the sense of an outflow […]"
"Machine harvest is comparable in cost now to hand harvest and could be better if a suitable abscession material is found."
"The abscession being already come to suppuration […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abscessio (“a separation”); from abscedere. See abscess.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

abscessions (plural)

Questions

What does abscession mean?: A separating; a removal; a going away.
Where does abscession come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin abscessio (“a separation”); from abscedere. See abscess.

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