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      flection
      noun
      deviation from a straight or normal course
      the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
      Roots
      flectereflect- · Latin · to bendio-ion · Latin · act or state of
      Synonyms for flection
      inflectionnflexurenbendingndeflectionntorsionn
      Words related to flection
      flexionninflectionlessadjinflexionlessadjflectionalinflectiveadjinflexureretroflectionninflectvretroflexionncircumflexioninflectionaladjincurvatevflexedvdorsiflexionnincurvationndeclensionnobliquationninflectableadjindeclinablyadvangulationndeclensionalrecurvationndeflexionndorsiflexflexuraladjobliquitynflexingvtorsionalcurvaturencanticadj

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      Where does flection come from?

      The word flection breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: flect, from Latin flectere (“to bend”); and -ion, from Latin io (“act or state of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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