Synonyms for deletion

Synonyms for (noun) deletion

Synonyms: deletion

Definition: the act of deleting something written or printed

Similar words: remotion, removal

Definition: the act of removing

Usage: he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy


Synonyms: cut, deletion, excision

Definition: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Usage: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors; both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause

Similar words: editing, redaction

Definition: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form


Synonyms: deletion

Definition: (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

Similar words: chromosomal mutation, mutation, genetic mutation

Definition: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism


Synonyms: omission, deletion

Definition: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

Similar words: linguistic process

Definition: a process involved in human language


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