-FACTION


Meaning of -FACTION in English

|fakshən noun combining form

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English -faccioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French -faction, from Latin -faction-, -factio (as in satisfaction-, satisfactio satisfaction) — more at satisfaction

: making : -fication

rare faction

— in nouns derived from verbs ending in -fy

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