remotion
NounSynonyms:
removal
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the act of removing“he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy”Synonyms: removalType of separationKinds elimination, abstraction, emptying, withdrawal, skimming, abscission, disembowelment, dermabrasion, decontamination, jailbreak +6 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Re·mo′tion (r?-m?′sh?n), noun
Origin: L. remotio. See Remove.
1. The act of removing; removal. obsolete
This remotion of the duke and her Is practice only.— William Shakespeare
2. The state of being remote; remoteness. rare
The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion.— Thomas DeQuincey
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54