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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of cutting off. countable, uncountable

   "Not to be cured without the abscission of a member."

2. 2
   the act of cutting something off wordnet
3. 3
   The state of being cut off. countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. 4
   shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant wordnet
5. 5
   A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly countable, rhetoric, uncountable

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6. 6
   The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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amputationannihilationcleavagecuttingcutting offdestruction

Example

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"Not to be cured without the abscission of a member."

Etymology

From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“I cut, I tear”).

Related phrases

abscission layerabscission zoneabscisic acidcut off

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