concision
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French concision.
Noun
concision (countable and uncountable, plural concisions)
- (somewhat rare) Conciseness, brevity or terseness.
- A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
- A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
- Mutilation.
- (Christianity) penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)
Synonyms
- (conciseness): laconicism, succinctness; see also Thesaurus:succinctness
French
Noun
concision f (plural concisions)