delenition
Syllables: de·le·ni·tion/ˌdiːləˈnɪʃən/
delenition noun: the reversal of lenition; fortition in a context where lenition previously occurred or might otherwise be expected.
Noun
delenition (uncountable)
Origin of delenition
From de- + lenition.
Words that rhyme with delenition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
Questions about delenition
- What does delenition mean?
- Delenition means the reversal of lenition; fortition in a context where lenition previously occurred or might otherwise be expected.
- What part of speech is delenition?
- Delenition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce delenition?
- Delenition is pronounced /ˌdiːləˈnɪʃən/.
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