Re-mō'tion, n.

n. [Fr. rémotion, Pr. remotio, Sp. remocion, It. remozione, rimozione, Lat. remotio. See REMOVE.] 1. The act of removing. [Obs.] This act persuades me That this remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Shak. 2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [Rare.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. De Quincey.