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Definition: ABSTERSION |
ABSTERSIONNoun1. Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. |
Date "ABSTERSION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Abstersion \Ab*ster"sion\, noun. [French expression abstersion. See Absterge.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Noun: cleanness, cleanliness; Adjective: purity; cleaning; Verb: purification, defecation; Verb: purgation, lustration; detersion, abstersion; epuration, mundation; ablution, lavation, colature; disinfection; Verb: drainage, sewerage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "ABSTERSION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pastrim (abrasion, clarification, clean, cleaning, cleanup, clearance, defecation, depuration, lustration, mopping, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, refining, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, sweep). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | очистване (ablution, ablutions, cleaning, cleansing, depuration, purge, purging, purification, removal, trimming). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "רק" (depletion, emptying, evacuation, voiding), ט"ור (absolute, catharsis, cleaning up, cleansing, decontamination, pure, purgation, purge, purification, sheer, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed), קוי (cleaning, cleansing, clearing, exculpation, exoneration, scouring). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megtisztítás (clearance, combing out, depuration, expurgation, mopping-up, purge). (various references) | |
Italian | astergente (abstergent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abstersionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abstersão, purificação (catharsis, cleaning, clearing, comb out, deputation, exquisite, lustre, purgation, purification, refinement, renovation, sweetening). (various references) | |
Romanian | purgaţie (purgation), curãţare (purification, sponge, wipe). (various references) | |
Russian | очищение (catharsis, clarification, defecation, depuration, evacuation, lustration, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, sublimation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sam akt čišćenja. (various references) | |
Spanish | lavado (cleaning, dipping, lavage, leaching, lessivage, lixiviation, scouring, scrubbing, separation, wash, wash out, washed, washing). (various references) | |
Ukranian | очищення (calcination, clarification, cleaning, clearance, defecation, depuration, elimination, evacuation, expurgation, filtering, purgation, purge), промивання (ablution, douche, sluice, washing, washout). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tẩy sạch, sự l m sạch (purgation, purge, purification). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "ABSTERSION" (pronounced 'Ab*ster"sion'): Abrasion, Abscession, Abscision, Abscission, Abstrusion, Abusion, Accension, Accession, Acutorsion, Addression, Adhesion, Admission, Adversion, Affusion, Aggression, Allision, Allusion, Amission, Animadversion, Anteversion, Appension, Apprehension, Appulsion, Arrosion, Ascension, Aspersion, Assession, Aversion, Avision, Avulsion, Catabasion, Cession, Circumclusion, Circumfusion, Circumincession, Coextension, Cohesion, Cointension, Collapsion, Collision, Collusion, Comprehension, Compression, Compulsion, Concession, Concision, Conclusion, Concussion, Condescension, Confession, Confusion, Congression, Consension, Conspersion, Contorsion, Contraversion, Controversion, Contusion, Conversion, Convulsion, Corrasion, Corrosion, Decession, Decision, Declension, Decursion, Delapsion, Delusion, Demersion, Demission, Demulsion, Deprehension, Depression, Depulsion, Derision, Descension, Detersion, Detorsion, Detrusion, Diffission, Diffusion, Digression, Dimension, Dimission, Discession, Disclusion, Discommission, Discursion, Discussion, Dismission, Dispansion, Dispassion, Dispersion, Displosion, Dispossession, Dissension, Dissuasion, Distension, Diversion, Effossion, Effusion, Egression, Elapsion, Elusion, Emersion, Emission, Empassion, Emulsion, Erasion, Evasion, Eversion, Evulsion, Excision, Exclusion, Excursion, Excussion, Exesion, Expansion, Explosion, expression, extension, Extersion, Extramission, Extraversion, Extroversion, Extrusion, Fidejussion, fission, fusion, Illision, illusion, immersion, Immission, Impassion, implosion, imprecision, impression, Improvision, impulsion, Inadhesion, Inapprehension, Incension, Incession, incision, inclusion, Incompassion, incomprehension, Inconfusion, incursion, INDECISION, Indivision, Inextension, infusion, Ingression, Inhesion, Inrecision, Insession, Inspersion, Insubmission, intension, intercession, Interclusion, Interfusion, intermission, interspersion, Intorsion, Intrafusion, Introcession, Introgression, intromission, Intropression, introversion, intrusion, invasion, inversion, Invision, Irremission, Irrision, lesion, manumission, Mersion, misapprehension, Misconclusion, Misdivision, Misexpression, Mispassion, Mispersuasion, Misprision, Nonadmission, Noncohesion, Nonsubmission, Obsession, Obtension, Obtrusion, Obtusion, Obversion, Occision, Occlusion, Occursion, Offension, Omission, Oppression, Ostension, Outpassion, Percussion, Perfusion, Permansion, permission, Perpension, Perpession, Persuasion, Pertusion, Pervasion, Perversion, Portension, Preadmission, Preapprehension, Precession, Precision, Preclusion, Prehension, Prepossession, Presension, Pression, Pretension, Pretermission, Prevision, Profession, Profusion, Prolapsion, Prolusion, Propension, Propulsion, Protension, Protrusion, Pulsion, readmission, Reascension, Recension, Recision, Reclusion, Recommission, Reconversion, recursion, Recussion, Refossion, Refusion, regression, Reimpression, repercussion, repossession, reprehension, repression, repulsion, rescission, Respersion, Responsion, Retrocession, retrogression, retroversion, Retrusion, reversion, revision, revulsion, scansion, scission, secession, seclusion, Self-delusion, self-possession, session, Sponsion, suasion, subdivision, Subingression, submersion, submission, subversion, succession, Succision, succussion, Suffossion, suffusion, supersession, supervision, suppression, Supravision, suspension, Thermotension, torsion, Transcension, Transcursion, transfusion, transgression, transmission, Transversion, Trusion, Uncircumcision, Unconversion, Unintermission, Unpersuasion, Version. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-n-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assertion, banisters, baritones, botanises, obtainers, reobtains, searobins, senoritas, taborines. | |
-2 letters: antiboss, arsonist, artiness, assentor, astonies, banister, baritone, barniest, baroness, baronets, baronies, basinets, bassinet, bastions, boasters, bornites, botanies, botanise, erasions, isobares, niobates, notaries, obeisant, obtainer, oestrins, reobtain, retsinas, searobin, senators, senorita, sensoria, sorbates, sorbents, stainers, starnose, stearins, taborine, taborins, treasons. | |
-3 letters: abioses, absents, anestri, antsier, aorists, aristos, aroints, arsines, atoners, atonies, baiters, banters, banties, barites, baronet, basinet, basions, basters, bastion, bestirs, bisters, bistres, bistros, boaster, boaters, boniest, bonitas, bonsais, boranes, borates, bornite, bossier, braises, brassie, breasts, brisant, entasis, erasion, estrins, inserts, instars, isobare, isobars, nastier, nasties, nestors, niobate, norites, nosiest, obtains, oestrin, orbiest, orients, ratines, rations, reasons, rebaits, rebatos, reboant, retains, retinas, retsina, riboses, rosiest, sabines, santirs, satires, satoris, senator, seniors, senoras, sestina, sinters, sonsier, sorbate, sorbent, sorbets, sorites, sorties, stainer, stearin, stoners, stonier, stories, strains, strobes, taborin, tansies, tensors, terbias, tisanes, treason, trioses. | |
-4 letters: aborts, absent, airest, anises, antres, aorist, ariose, arisen, arises, aristo, aroint, arseno, arsine, arsino, arsons, assent, assert, assort, astern, asters, atoner, atones, bairns, baiter, banter, barest, barite, barons, basest, basins, basion, basset, baster, bastes, batons, beanos, beasts, besots, bestir, betons, biases, binate, bionts, biotas, birses, bisons, bister, bistre, bistro, biters, boarts, boasts, boater, boites, boners, bonier, bonita, bonsai, borane, borate, brains, braise, brants, breast, brents, brines, broses, enosis, eosins, essoin, estrin, inerts, insert, insets, instar, inters, intros, irones, isobar, nestor, niters, nitres, nitros, noesis, noises, norias, norite, nosier, noters, oaters, obtain, onsets, orates, orbits, orient, ornate, osiers, ossein, rabies, raises, ratine, ration, ratios, reason, rebait, rebato, resins, resist, retain, retina, ribose, rinses, roasts, robins, rosets, rosins, sabers, sabine, sabins, sabirs, sabots, sabres, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, santir, santos, sarins, sarsen, satins, satire, satori, season, seisor, senior, senora, senors, sensor, serais, serins, serosa, setons, siesta, sinter, sirens, sister, sistra, sitars, snares, snores, snorts, sobeit, sobers, sonars, sonsie, sorbet, sorest, sortie, stains, stairs, stanes, stares, steins, stenos, sterna, sterns, stoner, stones, stores, strain, striae, strobe, tabers, tabors, tassie, tenias, tenors, tensor, terais, terbia, tineas, tisane, tobies, toners, tonier, tories, torses, tosser, trains, tribes, triens, trines, triose, tronas, trones, tsores, tsoris. | |
-5 letters: abets, abort, abris, aeons, airns, airts, anise, antes, antis, antre, arise, arose, arses, arsis, arson, asset, aster, astir, atone, bairn, baits, banes, bares, barns, baron, baser, bases, basin, basis, bassi, basso, baste, basts, bates, baton, beano, beans, bears, beast, beats, bents, besot, bests, betas, beton, biers, bines, bints, biont, biota, birse, bises, bison, biter, bites, boars, boart, boast, boats, boite, boner, bones. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-n-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: abortiveness, enterobiases, enterobiasis, observations, subordinates. | |
+3 letters: brainstormers, obstetricians, subcontraries, suberizations, vibrationless. | |
+4 letters: abortivenesses, antisubversion, bronchiectases, bronchiectasis, constabularies, insubordinates, liberationists, profitableness, skateboardings, subgenerations, subnormalities, thrombokinases. | |
+5 letters: antisubversions, atrabiliousness, bioregionalists, blameworthiness, disembarkations, intolerableness, reasonabilities, retinoblastomas, semiabstraction, sesquicarbonate, subordinateness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 53 54 45 52 53 49 4F 4E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... - . .-. ... .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B S T E R S I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 0053 0054 0045 0052 0053 0049 004F 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35365354395253434948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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