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correption

correption noun: a shortening in pronunciation.

Noun

correption (countable and uncountable, plural correptions)

  1. A shortening in pronunciation.
  2. (obsolete) A chiding, scolding; telling off.
    • That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption, page 5

Synonyms of correption

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Forms of correption

pluralcorreptions

Origin of correption

From Latin correptio (“seizure”), from corripere (“to seize”).

Questions about correption

What does correption mean?
Correption means a shortening in pronunciation.
What part of speech is correption?
Correption is a noun.
What is the plural of correption?
The plural of correption is correptions.

Words near correption in the dictionary

  1. correntropic
  2. correntropy
  3. correolide
  4. correolides
  5. correpetition
  6. correption
  7. correptions
  8. corres.
  9. corresp.
  10. correspond
  11. correspondance

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