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remotion

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re⋅mo⋅tion

  [ri-moh-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of removing; removal.
2. Obsolete. departure.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME remosion < L remōtiōn- (s. of remōtiō) a putting back, removing. See remote, -ion
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re·mo·tion   (rĭ-mō'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of removing; removal.

  2. The state of being remote.

  3. Obsolete Departure.


[Middle English remocion, from Latin remōtiō, remōtiōn-, from remōtus, past participle of removēre, to remove; see remove.]
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