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archaic
: a cutting up or off
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: the quality or state of being concise
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Examples of concision in a Sentence
the essay is a marvel of concision and clarity
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The film is less than a hour and a half long, yet the Tavianis make every minute count; this has the concision and intensity one associates with late masterworks.
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Our conversation has been edited for clarity and concision.
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Heard today, Miles’s cryptic concision seems as conventional as Coltrane’s explosive intensity sounds avant-garde.
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The six improvised pieces have a strong chamber-music feel, and their concision hints at a sense of economy indebted to Webern's ever resonant Five Pieces for Orchestra.
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This interview has been edited for clarity and concision.
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Our interview has been edited for concision and clarity.
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And those on the wrong side of middle age will appreciate the freshness, warmth and concision of the show, as well as the wisdom of the message, which is about the ability of kids to work through their problems.
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With commendable concision and insight, the film sympathetically reveals the challenges they each face on the home front.
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Origin and Etymology of concision
Middle English, from Latin concision-, concisio, from concidere
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness;
Antonyms
diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness;
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