decession

English

Etymology

From Latin decessio, from decedere (“to depart”). See decease (noun).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛʃən/

Noun

decession (plural decessions)

1. (obsolete) departure; decrease
   • 1647, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy.:

     So implying the necessity of a bishop to govern in their absence or decession any ways.

2. The reverse, or building up opposed to a recession.

Antonyms

• accession

References

• “decession”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.