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HOMECOMING
return, homecoming
(noun) a coming to or returning home; “on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party”
homecoming
(noun) an annual school or university reunion for graduates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
homecoming (plural homecomings)
The act or event of returning home.
(North American, also, attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
Source: Wiktionary
Home-com`ing, n.
Definition: Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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