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The act or process of cutting off. / (obsolete) The state of being cut off. / (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly

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abscission

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Source Word

abscission

IPA(Pronunciation)

/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete rhetoric

The act or process of cutting off. / (obsolete) The state of being cut off. / (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly

Japanese Meaning

（行為・作用としての意味）切断、切り離すこと、またはその過程 / （古い意味）切り離された状態 / （修辞学における意味）話の途中で急に止める修辞技法