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noun
1.
the act or process of contorting.
2.
the state of being contorted.
3.
a contorted position.
4.
something contorted or twisted, as in position or meaning: His account of the incident was a complete contortion of fact.
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Contortion
is always a great word to know.
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contortion
1610s, from L. contortionem, noun of action from contorquere (see contort).
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