Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Deletion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deletion \De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See
{Delete}.]
Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
A total deletion of every person of the opposing party.
--Sir M. Hale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deletion
n 1: any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or
phrases [syn: {omission}]
2: the part that is omitted when an editorial change shortens a
written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset
young authors" [syn: {cut}]
3: the act of deleting something written or printed
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