deletion

[ dih-lee-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of deleting.
2. the state of being deleted.
3. a deleted word, passage, etc.
4. Genetics. a type of chromosomal aberration in which a segment of the chromosome is removed or lost.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deletion¹

1580–90; < Latin dēlētiōn- (stem of dēlētiō ) a destroying, equivalent to dēlēt ( us ) ( delete ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

However, monitoring of a "privacy inbox" related to the attack ended in November the same year, with no response provided to about 646 SARs and 597 requests for the deletion of personal information.

From BBC

Other allegations include TikTok collecting data on “Kids Mode” users in violation of the settlement and sharing that data with advertising partners including Facebook, and failing to comply with parental requests for account deletion.

From Salon

Cahn suggests rules requiring the proactive deletion of sensitive information such as location data and medical records — “You can’t steal what doesn’t exist,” he told me.

From Los Angeles Times

Both Korbel and Sanders, Group Leader at the Max Delbrück Center study how genetic structural variation -- deletions, duplications, inversions, and translocations of large sections of the human genome -- contributes to the development of disease.

From Science Daily

Smartmatic says that the deletions occurred even after the right-wing news outlet was ordered by the court to preserve evidence.

From Salon