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Webster 1913 Edition

Detersion

De-ter′sion

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

détersion

. See

.]

The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.

Webster 1828 Edition

Detersion

DETERSION

,

Noun.

[L. See Deterge.] The act of cleansing, as a sore.