DELETION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of deleting something written or printed
   Hypernyms(s) deletion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • removal (what does removal mean?)
   • remotion (what does remotion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • expurgation (what does expurgation mean?)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • censoring (what does censoring mean?)
   • censorship (what does censorship mean?)
   • expunction (what does expunction mean?)
   • expunging (what does expunging mean?)
   • erasure (what does erasure mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • edit (what does edit mean?)
   • blue-pencil (what does blue-pencil mean?)
   • delete (what does delete mean?)
   • delete (what does delete mean?)
   • cancel (what does cancel mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
   Synonym(s)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • excision (what does excision mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an editor’’s deletions frequently upset young authors
   • both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
   Hypernyms(s) deletion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • editing (what does editing mean?)
   • redaction (what does redaction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   • expunge (what does expunge mean?)
   • excise (what does excise mean?)
   • delete (what does delete mean?)
   • cancel (what does cancel mean?)
   • edit (what does edit mean?)
   • blue-pencil (what does blue-pencil mean?)
   • delete (what does delete mean?)
3. Meaning
   • any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases
   Synonym(s)
   • omission (what does omission mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) deletion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • linguistic process (what does linguistic process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • aphaeresis (what does aphaeresis mean?)
   • apheresis (what does apheresis mean?)
   • aphesis (what does aphesis mean?)
   • elision (what does elision mean?)
   • ellipsis (what does ellipsis mean?)
   • eclipsis (what does eclipsis mean?)