Abstersion

Ab-ster′sion

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Noun.

[F.

abstersion

. See

.]

Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

The task of ablution and

abstersion

being performed.

Sir W. Scott.

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Noun.

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

See also: abstersión

abstersion ‎(plural abstersions)

(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
- (Can we date this quote?), Sir W. Scott, (Please provide the title of the work):
  The task of ablution and abstersion being performed.

the act of cleaning

↑ Brown, Lesley, editor (1933) The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, published 2003, page 9