abscission

Definitions

1. The act or process of cutting off.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of being cut off.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
   countable, rhetoric, uncountable
4. The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.”

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