DELETION

• (noun) the act of deleting something written or printed

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : cut , excision

• (noun) (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

• (noun) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

  synonyms : omission

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