ext_126654 ([identity profile] sweh.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] serinde 2004-06-21 11:21 am (UTC)

Oh, it probably is in American :-)

Ahhh...

% dict concision
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Concision \Con*ci"sion\, n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See
     {Concise}.]
     A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. --South.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  concision
       n : terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by
           expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: {conciseness},
            {pithiness}, {succinctness}]

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