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Tweet suff. 1. a. Action or process: strangulation. b. The result of an action or process: acculturation. 2. State, condition, or quality of: eburnation. [Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, -ātiōn-, n. suff. : -ā-, stem vowel of verbs in -āre + -tiō, -tiōn-, abstract n. suff.] |
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