Definition as Noun

• any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
• (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
• the act of deleting something written or printed

Definition as Noun

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
• surgical removal of a body part or tissue
• the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
• the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

• omission

• excision, cut

• deletion, cut

• ablation, extirpation, cutting out

• excommunication

• extirpation, deracination

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

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

• Deletion vs omission
• Deletion vs excision
• Deletion vs cut
• Deletion vs deletion
• Deletion vs ablation
• Deletion vs extirpation
• Deletion vs cutting out
• Deletion vs excommunication
• Deletion vs deracination

• Excision vs omission
• Excision vs excision
• Excision vs cut
• Excision vs deletion
• Excision vs ablation
• Excision vs extirpation
• Excision vs cutting out
• Excision vs excommunication
• Excision vs deracination