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View synonyms for remotion

remotion

[ ri-moh-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of removing; removal.
  2. Obsolete. departure.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of remotion1

1350–1400; Middle English remosion < Latin remōtiōn- (stem of remōtiō ) a putting back, removing. See remote, -ion

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Example Sentences

The whitish gleam was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion.

Empedocles, that a moderate cooling of the blood causeth sleep, but a total remotion of heat from blood causeth death.

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