Definition for Deletion:

• 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 for Deletion:

• n.

  •annulment (noun)
  • denial,
  • annulment,
  • abolition,
  • destruction,
  • obliteration,
  • dissolution,
  • refutation,
  • disavowal,
  • nullification,
  • eradication,
  • Disclamation,
  • divorce,
  • invalidation,
  • negation,
  • repudiation,
  • elimination,
  • abnegation,
  • neutralization,
  • revocation,
  • withdrawal,
  • dismissal,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • retraction,
  • Extinguishment,
  • rejection,
  • undoing,
  • abolishment.
  •deletion (noun)
  • cut,
  • excision,
  • omission.
  •erasure (noun)
  • expunging.
  •obliteration (noun)
  • annihilation,
  • censorship,
  • expurgation.
  •subtraction (noun)
  • curtailment,
  • subtraction,
  • decrease,
  • Diminishment,
  • deduction,
  • lessening,
  • elision,
  • abridgement,
  • reduction,
  • depreciation,
  • lowering.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • expunction.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cancel,
  • excommunication,
  • cutting off,
  • share,
  • blot,
  • circumduction,
  • slash,
  • Skipping,
  • washing out,
  • cutting,
  • abbreviation,
  • Rasure,
  • exception,
  • sway,
  • Eliminating,
  • skip,
  • scrubbing,
  • aphaeresis,
  • cold shoulder,
  • course,
  • ellipsis,
  • leap,
  • gash,
  • leaving out,
  • deracination,
  • snub,
  • stinger,
  • wiping out,
  • Deleting,
  • non-inclusion,
  • Omitting,
  • trail,
  • rubbing out,
  • Excluding,
  • striking,
  • swing,
  • rebuff,
  • extinction,
  • Blotting,
  • blue-penciling,
  • erase,
  • delete,
  • baseball swing,
  • abridgment,
  • track,
  • cut of meat,
  • effacement,
  • bowdlerization,
  • tabula rasa,
  • apheresis,
  • trace,
  • path,
  • slice,
  • dropping,
  • censoring,
  • Effacing,
  • exclusion,
  • aphesis.

Paraphrases for Deletion:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    abolition, delete, Deleted, elimination.
  • Noun, plural
    elimination, eliminations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    abolition, Deleting, delete, Deleted, elimination.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    removal.
  • Noun, plural
    removals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    removal.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Deleting, deregistration, eradication.
  • Noun, plural
    disposals, cuts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    omission, de-listing, delisting, phasing-out, exclusion, destruction, abandonment, dismantling, disappearance, reduction, derogation, de-registration, deregistration, scrapping, annulment, Cancelling, deprivation, dissolution, liquidation, suspension, ending, cessation, rescission, forfeiture, dismantlement, eradication, invalidation, obliteration, withdrawing, closure, graduation.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    creates.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    suppression, abolishment, cancellation, discontinuance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    abrogation, suppression, abolishment, cancellation, discontinuance.

Antonyms for Deletion:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    inclusion, boost, increment, rise, more, augmentation, supplement, plus, addendum, accrual, raise, expansion, addition, increase, gain, accretion.

Homophones for Deletion:

• dalton, dilution, dilatation, dilation.

Hypernym for Deletion:

• n.

  • act
    censoring, censorship, erasure, expunction, expurgation, expunging, castration.
  • process
    eclipsis, aphesis, elision, apheresis, aphaeresis, ellipsis.

Hyponym for Deletion:

• n.

  • act
    removal, remotion.
  • event
    chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation.
  • process
    linguistic process.