noun
1. any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
• Syn: ↑omission
• Hypernyms: ↑linguistic process
2. (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
• Topics: ↑genetics, ↑genetic science
• Hypernyms: ↑mutation, ↑genetic mutation, ↑chromosomal mutation
3. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
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an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
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both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
4. the act of deleting something written or printed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑delete
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.