erasure
UK /ɪˈɹeɪʒə/ · US /ɪˈɹeɪʃɚ/ noun
Forms erasures
- noun The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- noun The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- noun The place where something has been erased. “There were several erasures on the paper.”
- noun (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
Synonyms
cancelation cancellation canceling cancelling deleting deletion erasing obliterating obliteration wiping blankness expunction expunging
Etymology
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra (“abstract noun suffix”), equivalent to erase + -ure.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
Etymology [From Erase.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “erasure”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details