verwijdering — meaning in English

English meaning

• deletion noun Something that has been removed, or is due to be removed.
• ostracism noun In ancient Athens, and in some other cities, the practice of temporarily banishing, by a vote of the people, a citizen regarded as a threat to the state.
• removal noun The act of taking something away or getting rid of it.

Senses

verwijdering is used for these senses in English:

• deletion The act of deleting. [c. 1600]
• ostracism Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
• removal The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

deletion — full definition

1. noun Something that has been removed, or is due to be removed.
2. noun The action of removing something.
3. noun In genetics, the loss of a gene, or another piece of DNA, from a chromosome.
4. noun (informal) An act of killing someone.

ostracism — full definition

1. noun In ancient Athens, and in some other cities, the practice of temporarily banishing, by a vote of the people, a citizen regarded as a threat to the state.
2. noun The act of sending someone away, agreed on by a group of people.
3. noun Being left out of a group or community for a while.

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