7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -SION with definitions
50 total entries across 2 section(s)
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | CESSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of ceding «to yield» |
| — | ELISION | S | [n. -S] · the act of eliding «to omit» |
| D | ELUSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of eluding «to evade» |
| — | ERASION | S | [n. -S] · an erasure |
| — | EROSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of eroding «to wear away by constant friction» |
| — | EVASION | S | [n. -S] · the act of evading «to escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit» |
| — | FISSION | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to split into parts |
| — | MANSION | S | [n. -S] · a large, impressive house |
| EO | MISSION | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to send to perform a specific task |
| — | PASSION | S | [n. -S] · an intense emotion |
| — | PENSION | EIS | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to grant a retirement allowance to |
| — | PLOSION | S | [n. -S] · a release of breath after the articulation of certain consonants |
| — | PULSION | S | [n. -S] · propulsion «© the act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion» / ----- { propulsion pulsion § propulsions pulsions } |
| — | SESSION | S | [n. -S] · a meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the transaction of business / ----- { sesh session § seshes sessions § sesh seshes session sessions } |
| — | SUASION | S | [n. -S] · persuasion «© the act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination» - SUASIVE SUASORY [a.] |
| — | TENSION | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make tense |
| — | TORSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of twisting |
| AE | VERSION | S | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to create a new account or description from a particular point of view (=versioned versioning) |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ABRASION | S | [n. -S] · the act of abrading «to wear away by friction» |
| — | ADHESION | S | [n. -S] · the act of adhering «to become or remain attached or close to something» |
| — | AFFUSION | S | [n. -S] · an act of pouring a liquid on |
| — | ALLUSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of alluding «to make an indirect reference» - ALLUSIVE [a.] |
| — | AVERSION | S | [n. -S] · a feeling of repugnance - AVERSIVE° [a.] |
| — | AVULSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of avulsing «to tear off forcibly» |
| — | COHESION | S | [n. -S] · the act or state of cohering - COHESIVE [a.] |
| — | DECISION | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to win a victory over a boxing opponent on points |
| — | DELUSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of deluding «to mislead the mind or judgment of» |
| — | DERISION | S | [n. -S] · the act of deriding «to ridicule» |
| — | DIVISION | S | [n. -S] · the act of dividing «to separate into parts, areas, or groups» |
| — | ECLOSION | S | [n. -S] · the emergence of an insect larva from an egg |
| — | EFFUSION | S | [n. -S] · an outpouring of emotion |
| — | EMERSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of emerging «to come out into view» |
| DR | EMISSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of emitting «to send forth» - EMISSIVE [a.] |
| — | EMULSION | S | [n. -S] · a type of liquid mixture - EMULSIVE [a.] |
| — | ENVISION | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to envisage |
| R | EVERSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of everting «to turn outward or inside out» |
| R | EVULSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of pulling out |
| — | EXCISION | S | [n. -S] · the act of excising «to remove by cutting out» |
| — | ILLUSION | S | [n. -S] · a false perception |
| — | INCISION | S | [n. -S] · the act of incising «to cut into» |
| — | INFUSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of infusing «to permeate with something» |
| — | INHESION | S | [n. -S] · the state of inhering |
| — | INVASION | S | [n. -S] · the act of invading «to enter for conquest or plunder» - INVASIVE [a.] |
| — | OCCASION | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause «to bring about» |
| — | OMISSION | S | [n. -S] · something left undone |
| P | RECISION | S | [n. -S] · a cancellation |
| P | REVISION | S | [n. -S] · a revised version |
| — | SCANSION | S | [n. -S] · the analysis of verse into metrical feet and rhythm patterns |
| — | SCISSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of cutting or splitting |
| — | SPONSION | S | [n. -S] · the act of sponsoring «to make oneself responsible for» |
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