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noun

  1. Act of entering

    insertion, invasion, boring into, perforation, thrusting, stabbing, punching, forcing, infiltration, seepage, ingress, diffusion, sticking into, driving into, osmosis, piercing; see also entrance 1.

    Antonyms departure*, evacuation, egress.

  2. Mental acuteness

    discernment, perception, keen-sightedness; see acumen.

See penetration in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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