English noun: remotion | |||
1. | remotion (act) the act of removing | ||
Samples | He had surgery for the removal of a malignancy. | ||
Synonyms | removal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | separation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abscission, abstraction, autotomy, baring, cutting off, decontamination, deletion, denudation, dermabrasion, disembowelment, dislodgement, dislodgment, elimination, elimination, emptying, evacuation, evisceration, extraction, husking, riddance, rinse, rinsing, skimming, stripping, uncovering, voidance, withdrawal, withdrawal | ||