circumcision
(cir-cum-ci-sion)
4 syllables
Definition
noun. 1 surgical removal of the foreskin of males; 2 the act of performing the above on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
Example Sentence
The rabbi performed the circumcision on the eighth day after the child's birth.
Synonyms
removal of the foreskin; cutting off the foreskin; Jewish rite
Antonyms
replacing the foreskin
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Rhymes
- vision
- collision
- decision
- derision
- division
- envision
- excision
- incision
- misprision
- parisian
- precision
- provision
- recision
- rescission
- revision
- sarkisian
- xyvision
- avedisian
- circumcision
- indecision
- multivision
- supervision
- tv
- univision