­ION


Meaning of ­ION in English

suffix (usu. as -sion, -tion, -xion; see -ATION, -ITION, -UTION.) forming nouns denoting: 1 verbal action (excision). 2 an instance of this (a suggestion). 3 a resulting state or product (vexation; concoction).

[ from or after F -ion or L -io -ionis ]

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