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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abscission \Ab*scis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See {Abscind}.]
1. The act or process of cutting off. "Not to be cured
without the abscission of a member." --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being cut off. --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having
begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of
so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I
need say no more."
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscission
n 1: shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following
formation of scar tissue in a plant
2: the act of cutting something off [syn: {abscission}, {cutting
off}]
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