"flexion" meaning in English

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      "word": "circumflexion"
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      "word": "deflexion"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "genuflexion"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hyperflexion"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "introflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lateriflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lateroflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "overflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "postflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "preflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "retroflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "semiflexion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "superflexion"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "flexio",
        "4": "flexiō"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin flexiō",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin flexiō, possibly via French.",
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    {
      "form": "flexions",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "extension",
          "extension"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "The state of being bent or flexed."
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      "links": [
        [
          "bent",
          "bent"
        ],
        [
          "flexed",
          "flexed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pregǎvane",
          "sense": "The state of being bent",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "прегъване"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Deviation from straightness."
      ],
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        [
          "Deviation",
          "deviation"
        ],
        [
          "straightness",
          "straightness"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 96 3",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izvivka",
          "sense": "Deviation from straightness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "извивка"
        }
      ]
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            "Sciences",
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        "The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection."
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        "(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection."
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
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      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɛkʃən"
    }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anteflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "circumflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "deflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "demiflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "dorsiflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "flexionless"
    },
    {
      "word": "genuflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "inflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "introflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "lateriflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "lateroflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "overflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "postflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "preflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "reflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "retroflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "semiflexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "superflexion"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "flexio",
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
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  ],
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension."
      ],
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        [
          "extension",
          "extension"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being bent or flexed."
      ],
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        [
          "bent",
          "bent"
        ],
        [
          "flexed",
          "flexed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Deviation from straightness."
      ],
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        [
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          "deviation"
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          "straightness",
          "straightness"
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      ],
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      "roman": "pregǎvane",
      "sense": "The state of being bent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прегъване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvivka",
      "sense": "Deviation from straightness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "извивка"
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  ],
  "word": "flexion"
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