Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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deletion | Yes | No | No | No |
excision | Yes | No | No | No |
deletion (noun) | excision (noun) |
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the act of deleting something written or printed | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage | the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence |
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome | the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society |
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |