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abreption

abreption noun: a snatching away.

Noun

abreption (plural abreptions)

  1. (archaic) A snatching away.
    • Who now and then are under an error, having failings, imperfections, and shortnesses […] You never find these men are called Sinners; neither are the infirmities of the regenerate, the sincere and upright-hearted called Sins, such as these sudden incursions and abreptions, when their thoughts are...1751, Benjamin Whichcote, The Works of the Learned Benjamin Whichcote, D. D., page 135

Forms of abreption

pluralabreptions

Origin of abreption

From Latin abreptus, perfect passive participle of abripiō (“snatch away”); from ab (“away”) + rapiō (“snatch”).

Questions about abreption

What does abreption mean?
Abreption means a snatching away.
What part of speech is abreption?
Abreption is a noun.
What is the plural of abreption?
The plural of abreption is abreptions.

Words near abreption in the dictionary

  1. abrenouncing
  2. abrenunciation
  3. abrenunciations
  4. Abreo
  5. Abreos
  6. abreption
  7. abreptions
  8. abrest
  9. Abreu
  10. abreugraphy
  11. Abreus

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