decerption

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UK/dɪˈsɜːpʃən/

noun

The act of plucking off, cutting off, or extraction

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Meanings

noundecerption (plural decerptions)

plural decerptions

  1. The act of plucking off, cutting off, or extraction
  2. Something plucked off or torn off
  3. a fragment, a piece.

    if our souls are but particles and decerptions of our parents, then I must have been guilty of all the ſins that ever were committed by my Progenitors ever since Adam

    1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis
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APA

decerption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decerption

MLA

“decerption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decerption. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decerption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decerption.

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