-kshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Medieval Latin substraction-, substractio, from Late Latin substractus (past participle) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1. : subtraction
rendering back to us with additions or substractions, the beauty which existing things have of themselves presented to him — Thomas Carlyle
2. : secret misappropriation of property and especially from a decedent's estate : embezzlement