abscission

abscission has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. The act or process of cutting off.
• n.. The state of being cut off.
• n.. A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
• n.. the act of cutting something off
• n.. shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant