supresión

Definitions of supresión
  1. noun
    the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
    synonyms: abolición, amortización, derogación
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    type of:
    conclusión, final, terminación
    the act of ending something
  2. noun
    the act of deleting something written or printed
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    types:
    expurgación
    the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
    censura
    deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
    borradura
    deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
    type of:
    eliminación
    the act of removing
  3. noun
    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
    synonyms: represión
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    types:
    contra
    severely repressive actions
    type of:
    prevención
    the act of preventing
  4. noun
    the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
    synonyms: corte
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    type of:
    edición, editaje, montaje, redacción
    putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
  5. noun
    an official prohibition or edict against something
    synonyms: ilegalización
  6. noun
    any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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    aféresis
    (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
    elisión, sinalefa
    omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
    elipsis
    omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
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