n. A compound noun termination, as in expedition, extradition, etc., being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or in other words, -ite + -ion. See -ite, -ion, -tion.
Word Usage
"Because I think he was on a road to perdition, [laughs] And extradition, and re-ignition -- any other "ition" you can find -- long before he met her."