defunction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

/dəˈfʌŋkʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-defunction.wav

defunction defunctions

from Latin dēfūnctiō (“execution, performance, death”), from dēfungor (“to finish, perform, die”).

existence life birth

defunct

defunctioning defunctive

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