-tion
suffix forming nouns indicating state, condition, action, process, or result:
election;
prohibition. Compare
-ation,
-ion [from Old French, from Latin -tiō, -tiōn-]
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-tion
or -sion
a suffix occurring in Latin loanwords, orig. nouns of action or state formed from verbs: relation; section; station; temptation.
Compare -ion. [< Latin -tiōn-, s. of -tiō]
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