consecution
Americannoun
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succession; sequence.
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logical sequence; chain of reasoning.
noun
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a sequence or succession of events or things
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a logical sequence of deductions; inference
Etymology
Origin of consecution
1525–35; < Latin consecūtiōn- (stem of consecūtiō ), equivalent to con- con- + secūt ( us ), past participle of sequī to follow + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The commencement of the new chapter at this point makes an unfortunate division; for its first two verses are in close consecution with the last verse of chapter iv.
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The first is the spontaneous and as it were mechanical consecution of mental states in the soul whence the interfering effect of voluntary consciousness has been removed.
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If man is to realise himself as an intelligence with an inherent bent to action, then he must be conceived as a person among persons, as possessed of rights, as incapable of acting without at the same moment claiming for his acts recognition, generality, and logical consecution.
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Rames was no longer trying to remember the consecution of his speech.
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Having got them to perform each motion slowly and distinctly, then gradually accelerate the actions, until they are done as an entirety, with rapidity and in proper consecution.
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