consecution

[ kon-si-kyoo-shuhn ]

noun

1. succession; sequence.
2. logical sequence; chain of reasoning.

consecution

/ ˌkɒnsɪˈkjuːʃən /

noun

1. a sequence or succession of events or things
2. a logical sequence of deductions; inference

Word History and Origins

Origin of consecution¹

1525–35; < Latin consecūtiōn- (stem of consecūtiō ), equivalent to con- con- + secūt ( us ), past participle of sequī to follow + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of consecution¹

C16: from Latin consecūtiō, from consequī to follow up, pursue

Example Sentences

The commencement of the new chapter at this point makes an unfortunate division; for its first two verses are in close consecution with the last verse of chapter iv.

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If man is to realise himself as an intelligence with an inherent bent to action, then he must be conceived as a person among persons, as possessed of rights, as incapable of acting without at the same moment claiming for his acts recognition, generality, and logical consecution.

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The first is the spontaneous and as it were mechanical consecution of mental states in the soul whence the interfering effect of voluntary consciousness has been removed.

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Rames was no longer trying to remember the consecution of his speech.

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Having got them to perform each motion slowly and distinctly, then gradually accelerate the actions, until they are done as an entirety, with rapidity and in proper consecution.

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