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

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin substraction-, substractio, from Late Latin substractus (past participle) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

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