diremption

[dih-remp-shuh n]

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noun

a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.

Origin of diremption

1615–25; < Latin diremptiōn- (stem of diremptiō), equivalent to dirempt(us) (past participle of dirimere to separate, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + -imere, combining form of emere to take, buy) + -ion- -ion

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Related Words for diremption

pair, double, couple, team, binary, span, duplicity, dichotomy, twin, duet, brace, duality, bifurcation, twain, twins, dos, deuce, dyad, doublet, dual

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Historical Examples of diremption

The term "diremption" has sometimes been applied to cases where leaves are thus apparently dragged out of position.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters
The diremption of individualities becomes explicit in those forms.
Schopenhauer
Thomas Whittaker