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Meaning of abscission | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/

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

Translations

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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