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scission (n.)
"act of cutting or dividing," mid-15c., from French
scission
(14c.), from Late Latin
scissionem
(nominative
scissio
) "a cleaving, dividing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin
scindere
"to cut" (see
shed
(v.)).
