Abscission1. (n.) The act or process of cutting off; termination.
2. (n.) The state of being cut off.
3. (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.
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