concision

noun — 5 senses

concision

noun

/kənˈsɪʒən/

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

1

Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).

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

Christianity penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)

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