effacement

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
2. (countable, uncountable) Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
3. (countable, uncountable) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.

Synonyms

obliteration

erasure

destruction

self-effacement

extinguishment

erase

extinction

lowliness

modesty

plainness

shamefacedness

shrinking

simpleness

unassumingness

unobtrusiveness

unpretentiousness

wiping out

paying back debt

austereness

modestness

cancellation

deletion

effacing

elimination

Translations

Auslöschung

effacement

obliterazione

طلس

retirar-se

Rückzahlung

Verbrauch

Verlust

Vernichtung

εξάλειψη

cancellatura

extinção

apagamento

الطمس

esfacelamento

Etymology

Borrowed from French effacement.