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concision

noun

  1. avoidance of unnecessary words
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪʒən/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n).

  1. Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
  2. A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
  3. A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.

    those of the Concision who made it

  4. Mutilation.
  5. penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)