concision

[ kuhn-sizh-uhn ]

noun

1. concise quality; brevity; terseness.
2. Archaic. a cutting up or off; mutilation.

concision

/ kənˈsɪʒən /

noun

1. the quality of being concise; brevity; terseness

Other Words From

• noncon·cision noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of concision¹

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin concīsiōn- (stem of concīsiō ), equivalent to concīs ( us ) concise + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Lachs writes with clarity and concision—admirable concision, considering how unwieldy university press offerings tend to be.

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Wall Street Journal: “Begley has a great many strengths—concision, eloquence, an eagle eye—and few of the usual shortcomings.”

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I think The Ghost Writer, with its combination of concision and daring and wild ambition, might be a perfect novel.

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The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and concision.

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The beautiful concision of style in this document gave Algernon a feeling of profound deference toward the law and its officers.

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The thinking is magnificently done from this passage up to page sixteen or twenty, stated with great concision.

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I believe that any English poet of to-day would be thankful for the concision that a Chinese poetaster attains without effort.

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Nowhere do we see more clearly his most characteristic excellences, his delicacy, his power of antithesis, his concision.

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Whatever may have been Morris' tendency when he wrote his own poetry, he knew when concision was a virtue in the poetry of others.

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