Definition of Abscission
Ab`scis´sion
n.
1.
The
act
or
process
of
cutting
off
.
2.
The
state
of
being
cut
off
.
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
."
Related Words
shedding
,
sloughing
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