noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of secerning (secreting). archaic, countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished wordnet
3. 3
   secretion, something secreted archaic, countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

discriminationdiscriminationexcretionlactationsecretionsecretion

Etymology

From secern + -ment.

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