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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases;
[syn: omission, deletion]

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

3. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage;
- Example: "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"
- Example: "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
[syn: deletion, excision, cut]

4. the act of deleting something written or printed;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deletion \De*le"tion\, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deletion n 1: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion] 2: (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome 3: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 4: the act of deleting something written or printed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "deletion": abbreviation, abridgment, blot, blotting, blotting out, blue-penciling, bowdlerization, cancel, cancellation, censoring, censorship, editing, effacement, erasure, expunction, expurgation, obliteration, omission, scrubbing, striking, washing out, wiping out