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Affixes

-ition

Forming nouns.

French, or from Latin ‑itio(n)‑.

This suffix may be considered to be a combination of ‑ite² and ‑ion and is equivalent to ‑ation. Some examples are audition, condition, definition, disposition, edition, inhibition, nutrition, prohibition, sedition, tradition, and volition. Some form associated adjectives in ‑itious.

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