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concision

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con·ci·sion  (kn-szhn)
n.
1. The state or quality of being concise: "a role made . . . dramatically accessible by the concision of the form" (George Steiner).
2. Archaic A cutting apart or off.
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Noun1.concision - terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
conciseness, pithiness, succinctness
terseness - a neatly short and concise expressive style


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"Got him," answered the Assistant Commissioner with a concision which did not mean to be repellent in the least.
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de Bellegarde answered with suave concision that he thought as ill of them as possible, that they were going from bad to worse, and that the age was rotten to its core.
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