decession

English

Etymology

From Latin decessio, from decedere (to depart). See decease (noun).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛʃən/

Noun

decession (plural decessions)

  1. (obsolete) departure; decrease
    • 1647, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy.:
      So implying the necessity of a bishop to govern in their absence or decession any ways.
  2. The reverse, or building up opposed to a recession.

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