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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

abstersion

. See

Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

The task of ablution and

abstersion

being performed.

Sir W. Scott.

Noun.

[from L. abstergeo, abstersus.] The act of wiping clean; or a cleansing by medicines which resolve obstructions. [See Deterge, Detersion.]

See also: abstersion

abstersión f ‎(plural abstersiones)