[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abscission \abscis"sion\, n. l. abscissio. see abscind.
   1. the act or process of cutting off. "not to be cured
      without the abscission of a member." --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. the state of being cut off. --sir t. browne.
      1913 webster

   3. rhet. 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."
      1913 webster
see also:
abscind 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abscission
     n 1: shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation
          of scar tissue in a plant
     2: the act of cutting something off syn: cutting off
see also:
cutting off 

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