Supersession

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supersession \Su`per*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. OF. supersession. See
     {Supersede}.]
     The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded;
     supersedure.
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           The general law of diminishing return from land would
           have undergone, to that extent, a temporary
           supersession.                            --J. S. Mill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supersession
       n : act of replacing one person or thing by another especially
           one held to be superior [syn: {supersedure}]