Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruption \Rup"tion\, n. [L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum, to
break.]
A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. ``By ruption or
apertion.'' --Wiseman.
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