rection
obsolete
rection is a noun meaning “regimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-C-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rection is rections.
What does rection mean?
noun
- 1
archaicregimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rection?
Rection appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Rection in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | rección |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rection come from?
From Latin rectio, from regere (“to rule, to govern”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).