"abstersion" meaning in English

See abstersion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æbˈstɜː.ʒn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/ [US], /əbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/ [US], /æbˈstɝ.ʃn̩/ [US], /əbˈstɝ.ʃn̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-abstersion.wav Forms: abstersions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English abstersioun, from either Old French or Medieval Latin abstertion, from Latin abstersus, past participle of abstergēo (“I wipe off or away”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abstersioun}} Middle English abstersioun, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|ML.|abstertion}} Medieval Latin abstertion, {{der|en|la|abstersus}} Latin abstersus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abstersion (countable and uncountable, plural abstersions)
  1. (archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (the act of cleaning): прочистване (pročistvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), промиване (promivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), abstersió [feminine] (Catalan), reiniging [feminine] (Dutch), zuivering [feminine] (Dutch), czyszczenie (Polish), abstersão [feminine] (Portuguese), abstersión [feminine] (Spanish)

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