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retrusion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɹɪˈtɹuːʒən/

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 11 February, 1826, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, notes on Luther's Table Talk in virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituent cause

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin retrūsiō, from retrūdō (“to push back”).