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contortions

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con⋅tor⋅tion

[kuhn-tawr-shuhn]
–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.

Origin:
1605–15; < L contortiōn- (s. of contortiō) a whirling around. See contort, -ion


con⋅tor⋅tion⋅al, adjective
con⋅tor⋅tioned, adjective
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