Extraction

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1. Noun

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.

2. Noun

Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

3. Noun

That which is extracted; extract; essence.

4. Noun

properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
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