Synonyms for deletion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-lee-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈli ʃən

Définition of deletion

Origin : 1580s, from Latin deletionem (nominative deletio), noun of action from past participle stem of delere (see delete).

noun erasure

Example sentences :

Yet I am thankful that it was not by your deletion that he was taken.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

Of course, Miss Deane does wisely to let us have the deletion.
Extract from : « Seeing Things at Night » by Heywood Broun

Cordelia calmly insisted on the deletion of the newly inserted paragraph surrendering the dramatic rights of the book.
Extract from : « The Silver Poppy » by Arthur Stringer

There is no deletion and nothing more to add other than that other matter we have been talking about?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

With this exception, and the deletion of two insignificant footnotes, no changes have been made.
Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

We should in vain look for an example in the Spanish deportation or deletion of the Moors.
Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson

If he should perish through the deletion of this creature, she would account herself his slayer.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

"You have not considered that the deletion you intend will destroy my father," she said quietly.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

We should in vain look for an example in the Spanish deportation, or deletion of the Moors.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various

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