(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:15

De*tri"tion (?), n. [LL. detritio. See Detriment.]

A wearing off or away.

Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

 

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