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concision

Syllables: con·ci·sion/kənˈsɪʒən/

concision noun: synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).

Noun

concision (countable and uncountable, plural concisions)

  1. Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
    Synonyms:
    conciseness
  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 it1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  4. Mutilation.
  5. penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)

concision meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali

concision in Hindi

concision, shortening
संक्षेप saṅkṣep

concision in Tamil

வெட்டுகை, சுருக்கம்

concision in Bengali

সংক্ষিপ্ততা, অল্প কথায় প্রকাশের সমার্থক, বিচ্ছিন্নকরণ, একটি বিভাজন, একটি অনৈক্য, দল

Synonyms of concision

Forms of concision

pluralconcisions

Origin of concision

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

Words that rhyme with concision

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Questions about concision

What does concision mean?
Concision means synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
What is concision in Hindi?
Concision in Hindi is संक्षेप (saṅkṣep). See Concision meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is concision?
Concision is a noun.
How do you pronounce concision?
Concision is pronounced /kənˈsɪʒən/.
What is the plural of concision?
The plural of concision is concisions.

Words near concision in the dictionary

  1. conciseness
  2. conciser
  3. concises
  4. concisest
  5. concising
  6. concision
  7. concisions
  8. concitation
  9. concitationism
  10. concitations
  11. concitizen

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: concision (page history and authors); संक्षेप (Hindi) (page history and authors); concision (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); concision (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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