concision

noun

con·​ci·​sion kən-ˈsi-zhən 

1

archaic : a cutting up or off

2

: the quality or state of being concise

Synonyms

• brevity
• briefness
• compactness
• conciseness
• crispness
• pithiness
• sententiousness
• succinctness
• terseness

Examples of concision in a Sentence

the essay is a marvel of concision and clarity

Recent Examples on the Web

This interview was edited lightly for concision and clarity. —IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023

This interview has been edited for concision and clarity. —Laura Zornosa, Time, 23 June 2023

By Hannah Giorgis Designing a Super Bowl halftime performance is, in many ways, an exercise in sacrificial concision: Artists must whittle decades of songs into a crowd-friendly, roughly 13-minute reprieve from athletics and multimillion-dollar commercials. —Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and concision. —Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Sep. 2023

Inside scientific circles, however, binomial nomenclature still rules the day, lending concision and clarity to fields ranging from molecular biology to evolutionary ecology. —Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023

This interview has been edited for clarity and concision. —Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023

Note: This interview has been edited for concision and clarity. —Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023

Now, as in the 1960s, Starr’s drumming remains a marvel of taste and concision. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

Middle English concisioun "slaughter, mutilation," borrowed from Latin concīsiōn-, concīsiō "dividing up (of words into clauses)" (Late Latin also, "cutting to pieces, mutilation"), from concīdere "to cut up, break up, slaughter, chop to pieces" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at concise

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1