-tion

suffix forming nouns

indicating state, condition, action, process, or result: election; prohibition. Compare -ation, -ion

[from Old French, from Latin -tiō, -tiōn-]

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-tion

-sion

a suffix occurring in Latin loanwords, orig. nouns of action or state formed from verbs: relation; section; station; temptation.

Compare -ion.

[< Latin -tiōn-, s. of -tiō]

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