departition
English
Alternative forms
- departicion (15th-16th centuries)
Etymology 1
From depart, after Latin analogies, or from Middle English departycyon.
Noun
departition (uncountable)
- (obsolete) separation
- (obsolete) departure
Etymology 2
Verb
departition (third-person singular simple present departitions, present participle departitioning, simple past and past participle departitioned)
- (transitive) to remove the partitions from; to merge back into a single unit
- Synonym: unpartition