abruption
nounUS /əˈbɹʌp.ʃn̩/
Etymology From abrupt + -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”).
1
Archaic A sudden termination or interruption.
2
A sudden breaking off or breaking away; a violent separation of bodies.
- By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight.1837, Samuel Johnson, The Life of Cowley:
- After a startling abruption and a slow recovery, the canonic process is resumed at [7], with a whole slew of redundant entries on the last phrase.1996, Richard Taruskin, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, page 336:
- Related terms
- abrupt, abruptive, abruptly, abruptness, placental abruption