deletion

Noun

• the act of deleting something written or printed

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
  • an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
    
  • both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
    

• (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

• any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  excision , cut , omission