abstersion

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abstersion

/æbˈstɜː.ʒn̩/ UK
/æbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/ US
/əbˈstɝ.ʒn̩/ US
/æbˈstɝ.ʃn̩/ US
/əbˈstɝ.ʃn̩/ US

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From Middle English abstersioun, from either Old French or Medieval Latin abstertion, from Latin abstersus, past participle of abstergēo (“to wipe off or away”).

noun abstersions

archaic, countable, uncountable Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. Waverley ... was offered the patriarchal refreshment of a bath for the feet ... He was not, indeed, so luxuriously attended upon this occasion as the heroic travellers in the Odyssey; the task of ablution and abstersion being performed, not by a beautiful damsel, trained To chafe the limb, and pour

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noun the act of cleaning

Español	abstersión
Português	abstersão

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@misc{abstersion_2026,
  title = {abstersion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abstersion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}