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.

  •
  • ai,
  • authoring,
  • alpha test,
  • A-D conversion,
  • artificial intelligence,
  • batch,
  • background processing,
  • access time,
  • ABEND,
  • authentication,
  • include.
  •act (noun)
  • deletion.
  •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.
  •cancellation (noun)
  • dis-solving,
  • with-drawing,
  • in validating,
  • with drawing,
  • cancelings,
  • revokings,
  • in-validating,
  • withdrawings,
  • re-versing,
  • over-rulings,
  • re calling,
  • re callings,
  • recallings,
  • with-drawings,
  • over rulings,
  • re-callings,
  • re versing,
  • with drawings,
  • overrulings,
  • abandonings,
  • retractings,
  • quashings,
  • invalidatings,
  • dissolvings,
  • dis solving,
  • abolishings,
  • re-calling,
  • over-ruling,
  • over ruling.
  •cut (noun)
  • cut.
  •deletion (noun)
  • omission,
  • excision.
  •erasure (noun)
  • expunging.
  •subtraction (noun)
  • curtailment,
  • subtraction,
  • decrease,
  • Diminishment,
  • deduction,
  • lessening,
  • elision,
  • abridgement,
  • reduction,
  • depreciation,
  • lowering.

• Other synonyms:

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  • expunction.

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.