Concision

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or quality of being concise: "a role made . . . dramatically accessible by the concision of the form” ( George Steiner).
  • n. Archaic A cutting apart or off.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Conciseness, brevity or terseness.
  • n. A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
  • n. A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A division; a schism; a faction; a sect; a separation.
  • n. [It is used in the Vulgate and in the authorized version of the Bible to translate the Greek word κατατομή, employed by St. Paul in Phil. iii. 2, apparently, instead of περιτομή, for circumcision, as a contemptuous designation of those Jews who relied upon the mere outward rite of circumcision.
  • n. Conciseness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    terseness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    division    schism    faction   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gracile    merchantability    wherethrough    conciseness    auspiciousness   
     
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