abstersion

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abstersion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Abstersion \Ab*ster"sion\, n. [F. abstersion. See Absterge.]
     Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
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           The task of ablution and abstersion being performed.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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