Definitions For Abstersion

Noun

ABSTERSION. (countable and uncountable, plural ABSTERSIONs) (archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. First attested around 1350 to 1470.{{R:SOED5, page=9}}

Translations

Bulgarian: прочистване, n, промиване, n Catalan: abstersió, f Dutch: reiniging, f, zuivering, f Polish: czyszczenie Portuguese: abstersão, f Spanish: abstersión, f

Etymology

From either {{der, en, fro, -}} or {{der, en, ML., abstertion}}, from {{der, en, la, abstersus}}, past participle of abstergēo, , I wipe off or away.

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