substraction
noun
sub·strac·tion
-kshən
plural -s
1
: subtraction
rendering back to us with additions or substractions, the beauty which existing things have of themselves presented to him—Thomas Carlyle
2
: secret misappropriation of property and especially from a decedent's estate : embezzlement
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