excerption meaning

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excerption (noun): a passage selected from a larger work.

Definition of excerption

  1. a passage selected from a larger work
    • he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings

    Synonyms: excerpt, extract, selection

    Type of: passage

    Kinds: chrestomathy, Haftorah, analects, clipping, cut, quotation

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in ON · 10-letter words

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