different between delation vs deletion

English

Etymology

From Latin d?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??le??n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di?le??n?/

Noun

delation (countable and uncountable, plural delations)

1. (obsolete) Conveyance.
2. (law) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 253:

     A wise woman who was popular with her neighbours might escape delation; whereas one who had fallen out with them might find herself accused not just of charming, but even of black witchcraft.

   • 2012, Bradford E. Hinze, Chapter 1: A Decade of Disciplining Theologians, Richard R. Gaillardetz (editor), When the Magisterium Intervenes, Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier), page 9,

     Delations frequently come from a local bishop, but there have been cases where vigilante groups (e.g., Catholics United for the Faith) and individuals have complained about a theologian's writings or lectures.

Synonyms

• (accusation): accusation, denunciation

Translations

Anagrams

• dial tone, indolate, tiadenol

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English

Etymology

From Latin d?l?ti?nem (“destruction, effacement”), from the past-participle stem of d?l?re (“to blot out, destroy, efface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??li???n/
• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

deletion (countable and uncountable, plural deletions)

1. An item that has been or will be deleted. [1580s]
2. The act of deleting. [c. 1600]

   Hyponym: redeletion

3. (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome

Translations

Anagrams

• entoiled

References