deletion Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

De*le"tion noun
Etymology
L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.
Definitions
  1. Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. Obs. Jer. Taylor.
    A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1913