English to English
noun
- any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
source: WordNet 3.0
- (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of deleting something written or printed
source: WordNet 3.0
- Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
source: Webster 1913
