deletion

/dɪlˈiʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
2. (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
3. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
   “an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors”
4. the act of deleting something written or printed

Synonyms for deletion

• omission
• excision
• cut

Words that rhyme with deletion

• accretion
• completion
• depletion
• excretion
• secretion
• carburetion
• tieszen