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The Clue

Swoon or contraction (7 letter answer)

The Answer

SYNCOPE

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Notes

The answer SYNCOPE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Definition

SYNCOPE as a noun:

1. (faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium) = a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
2. (syncope, syncopation) = (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')