abruption

abrupt +‎ -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹʌp.ʃn̩/

abruption (plural abruptions)

1. (archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. [First attested in the early 17^th century.][1]
2. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.][1]
   • 1837, Samuel Johnson, The Life of Cowley:

     By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight.

   • 1996, Richard Taruskin, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, page 336:

     After a startling abruption and a slow recovery, the canonic process is resumed at [7], with a whole slew of redundant entries on the last phrase.

• abrupt
• abruptive
• abruptly
• abruptness
• placental abruption

• abruption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• abruption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.