ERASURE

expunction, expunging, erasure

(noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing

erasure

(noun) a surface area where something has been erased; “another word had been written over the erasure”

erasure

(noun) a correction made by erasing; “there were many erasures in the typescript”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

erasure (countable and uncountable, plural erasures)

The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

The state of having been erased; total blankness.

The place where something has been erased.

(sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.

Synonyms

• (action of erasing): cancelation (US), cancellation (British), canceling (US), cancelling (British), deleting, deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, wiping

• (state of having been erased): blankness

Hyponyms

• type erasure

Source: Wiktionary

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E*ra"sure, n. Etym: [From Erase.]

Definition: The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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