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lenition

lenition: /li nish"euhn/, n.

1. Phonet. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.

2. Ling. a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.

[1535-45 for obs. sense "mitigation, assuaging"; 1910-15 for current senses; < L lenit(us) (ptp. of lenire to soften; see LENIS, -ITE²) + -ION]

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