- a variation of reflection.
reflexion
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And then it hits me, in a moment of selfless reflexion that atypical in a narcissistic profession such as writing: The single best moment of the weekend was seeing Victoria enjoy herself.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2017
She paused in her walk before a mirror and shook her head at the pale and drawn reflexion.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Alone, and a prisoner, the first reflexion that found way through her disturbance, served less to diminish her terrour than to awaken new alarm.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
Is it not possible that the simpler instincts of men,—instincts with a history as ludicrous as Anthropologists sometimes sketch for us,—may after all come nearer the truth of things than semi-Stoic reflexion?
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
After a moment's reflexion, he spoke, not angrily but seriously.
From A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov
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