abscession

Definition

A separating; a removal; a going away.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abscessio (“a separation”); from abscedere. See abscess.

Example Sentences

• "[…] neither justly excommunicated out of that particular Church, to which eh was orderly joyned, not excommunicating himself by voluntary Schisme, declared abscession, separation, or Apostasie."
• "I have seen many in the final stage of long illnesses affected by our disease. For Nature has here wished, as it were, in the manner of a crisis in the outer parts of the body to attempt an "abscession" in the sense of an outflow […]"
• "Machine harvest is comparable in cost now to hand harvest and could be better if a suitable abscession material is found."