Departition
Origin 1
Alternative forms
- departicion 15th-16th centuries
From depart, after Latin analogies.
Full definition of departition
Noun
departition
(uncountable)- (obsolete) Separation.
- (obsolete) Departure.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IX:Ye put now uppon me that I sholde be causer of hys departicion – God knowith his was ayenste my wyll ....
Origin 2
Verb
- (transitive) To remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit.