substraction
noun
sub·strac·tion
-kshən
plural -s
1
: subtraction
rendering back to us with additions or substractions, the beauty which existing things have of themselves presented to him
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle2
: secret misappropriation of property and especially from a decedent's estate : embezzlement
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin substraction-, substractio, from Late Latin substractus (past participle) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion