decessio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcēdō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dēcessiō f (genitive dēcessiōnis); third declension

1. departure, going away

   Synonyms: sēcessiō, cessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, excessus, dēcessus, sēcessus, recessus

   Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō

2. retirement of a magistrate
3. decrease, diminution, abatement or disappearance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcessiō	dēcessiōnēs
genitive	dēcessiōnis	dēcessiōnum
dative	dēcessiōnī	dēcessiōnibus
accusative	dēcessiōnem	dēcessiōnēs
ablative	dēcessiōne	dēcessiōnibus
vocative	dēcessiō	dēcessiōnēs

Descendants

• English: decession

References

• “decessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decessio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• decessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• decessio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016