discerption

noun

dis·​cerp·​tion

-pshən

plural -s

: the act of discerping : a pulling to pieces

also : something that is severed or separated

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin discerption-, discerptio, from Latin discerptus + -ion-, -io -ion

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