remotion

re·mo·tion  (r-mshn)

n.

1. The act of removing; removal.

2. The state of being remote.

3. Obsolete Departure.

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[Middle English remocion, from Latin remti, remtin-, from remtus, past participle of removre, to remove; see remove.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

remotion - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" removal separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting cutting off, abscission - the act of cutting something off abstraction - the act of withdrawing or removing something extraction - the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" autotomy - spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack decontamination - the removal of contaminants deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed baring, denudation, husking, stripping, uncovering - the removal of covering dermabrasion - removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer dislodgement, dislodgment - forced removal from a position of advantage elimination, riddance - the act of removing or getting rid of something elimination - the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations emptying, evacuation, voidance - the act of removing the contents of something rinsing, rinse - the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing disembowelment, evisceration - the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude skimming - the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid withdrawal - the act of taking out money or other capital withdrawal - the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"