What is the meaning of Abscission?

  • (n.) The act or process of cutting off.
  • (n.) The state of being cut off.
  • (n.) 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.".
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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