- Obs. a cutting off; division
- concise quality; conciseness
Origin of concision
Classical Latin concisioconcision
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concision
noun
- The state or quality of being concise: “the quick, direct discrimination of this eye, which explains the vivid concision of his descriptions” ( Henry James )
- Archaic A cutting apart or off.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- Conciseness, brevity or terseness.
- A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
- A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
Usage notes
Relatively uncommon; brevity is rather more common.
Origin
From Middle French concision
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