Ab-scis'sion, n.

(-sĭzh'un), n. [Lat. abscissio, Fr. abscission. See ABSCIND.]

1. The act or process of cutting off. “Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.” Taylor.
2. The state of being cut off. Browne.
3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech, when, having begun to say a thing, a speaker stops abruptly, as supposing the matter sufficiently understood. Thus, “He is a man of so much honor and candor, and such generosity — but I need say no more.”