deletion - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of deleting something written or printed

Synonyms

• deletion

More generic

• remotion
• removal

More specific

• castration
• censoring
• censorship
• erasure
• expunction
• expunging
• expurgation

Noun

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Synonyms

• cut
• deletion
• excision

More generic

• editing
• redaction

Noun

(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

Synonyms

• deletion

More generic

• chromosomal mutation
• genetic mutation
• mutation

Noun

any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

Synonyms

• deletion
• omission

More generic

• linguistic process

More specific

• aphaeresis
• apheresis
• aphesis
• eclipsis
• elision
• ellipsis

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