deletion
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(noun) the act of deleting something written or printed |
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Related Words: bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, censoring, censorship, erasure, expunction, expunging, expurgation, remotion, removal |
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(noun) the part that is omitted when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors" |
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Synonyms: cut |
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Related Words: editing, redaction |
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(noun) any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases |
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Synonyms: omission |
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Related Words: aphaeresis, apheresis, aphesis, eclipsis, elision, ellipsis, linguistic process |
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