supersession
NounSynonyms:
supersedure
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superiorSynonyms: supersedureType of replacement, replacing
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Su′per·ses′sion noun
Origin: Cf. OF. supersession. See Supersede.
The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.
The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone, to that extent, a temporary supersession.— John Stuart Mill
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54