remotion

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

remotion
    n 1: the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a
         malignancy" [syn: {removal}, {remotion}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Remotion \Re*mo"tion\ (r?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. remotio. See
   {Remove}.]
   1. The act of removing; removal. [Obs.]
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            This remotion of the duke and her
            Is practice only.                     --Shak.
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   2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.]
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            The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask
            conferred by the enormity of their remotion. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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