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lenition

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(li nish′ən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
le•ni•tion  (li nish′ən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Phoneticsa phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
  2. Phonetics, Linguistics[Ling.]a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.
  • Latin lēnīt(us) (past participle of lēnīre to soften; see lenis, -ite2) + -ion
  • 1535–45 for obsolete sense "mitigation, assuaging''; 1910–15 for current senses;

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