delitescence

See also: délitescence

English

Etymology

See delitescent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌdɛlɪˈtɛsəns/
Rhymes: -ɛsəns

Noun

delitescence (usually uncountable, plural delitescences) (obsolete)

concealment; seclusion; retirement
Synonym: delitescency
- 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
  the delitescence of mental activities
(medicine) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.

References

“delitescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.