concision

con·ci·sion
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/kənˈsɪʒən/

noun

Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).

Similar
concisenesspithinesssuccinctness
OriginFrench concision ← Latin concisiō(n) →
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Meanings

nounconcision (countable and uncountable, plural concisions)

plural concisions

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).

    Synonyms: conciseness

  2. countableuncountableA form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
  3. countableuncountableA cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.

    those of the Concision who made it

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  4. countableuncountableMutilation.
  5. countableuncountableChristianitypenile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).

Similar
conciseness

More synonyms by meaning

nounterseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

Similar
concisenesspithinesssuccinctness
Broader
terseness
Also see
brevityconcisenesslaconismpithinesssuccinctness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinconcisiō(n)
  2. Frenchconcision
  3. Englishconcision

Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with concision

decisiondivisiontelevisionvisionrevisionprecisioncollisionenvisioncircumcisionfissionincisionexcisionEurovisionindecisionelysianFrisianderisionimprecisionuncircumcisionscissionallisionfield of visionmisprision
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Cite this entry
APA

concision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concision

MLA

“concision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concision. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concision,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concision.

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