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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the leap day once in 134 years..
Use metemptosis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Metemptosis means (historical) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the leap day once in 134 years..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include proemptosis.
Use metemptosis where its definition matches the intended context.
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