decession

departure; decrease

Noun

  1. departure; decrease
    • So implying the necessity of a bishop to govern in their absence or decession any ways. - 1647, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy.:
  2. The reverse, or building up opposed to a recession.

Origin

From Latin decessio, from decedere (“to depart”). See decease (noun).

Forms

decessions

Antonyms

accession