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consecution

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con⋅se⋅cu⋅tion

  [kon-si-kyoo-shuhn]
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–noun
1. succession; sequence.
2. logical sequence; chain of reasoning.
Origin:
1525–35; < L consecūtiōn- (s. of consecūtiō), equiv. to con- con- + secūt(us), ptp. of sequī to follow + -iōn- -ion
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con·se·cu·tion   (kŏn'sĭ-kyōō'shən)   
n.  

  1. A sequence or succession.

  2. Logic The relation of consequent to antecedent; deduction.


[Middle English consecucioun, attainment, from Latin cōnsecūtiō, cōnsecūtiōn-, orderly sequence, from cōnsecūtus, past participle of cōnsequī, to follow closely; see consequent.]
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