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Endings in -sion and -tion
NOUNS ENDING IN -SION AND -TION
A complete list of these words would be too long for a table of ready reference, but the different endings may be determined by this rule : Words which, in their shortest form, end with -d, -de, -ge, -mit, -rt, -se, or -ss, are usually lengthened by the ending -sion. Other words take the ending -tion.
- abscind, abscission
- absterge, abstersion
- admit, admission
- condescend, condescension
- confess, confession
- confuse, confusion
- convert, conversion
- descend, descension
- emerge, emersion
- evade, evasion
- extend, extension
- impress, impression
- intrude, intrusion
- pervert, perversion
- pretend, pretension
- protrude, protrusion
- remit, remission
- revert, reversion
- revise, revision
- seclude, seclusion
IRREGULAR FORMS
- adhesion
- assertion
attention
- coercion
- cohesion
- crucifixion
- declension
- dimension
- dissension
- distortion
- divulsion
- expulsion
- impulsion
- insertion
- intention
- occasion
- propulsion
- recursion
- repulsion
- revulsion
- scansion
- suspicion
- tension
- version
