| elimination | | |
| n. (act) | 1. elimination, riddance | the act of removing or getting rid of something. |
| ~ remotion, removal | the act of removing.; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" |
| ~ simplification | elimination of superfluous details. |
| n. (process) | 2. elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding | the bodily process of discharging waste matter. |
| ~ defecation, laxation, shitting | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus. |
| ~ expelling, discharge, emission | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ incontinence, incontinency | involuntary urination or defecation. |
| ~ micturition, urination | the discharge of urine. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. elimination, reasoning by elimination | analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives. |
| ~ analytic thinking, analysis | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations. |
| n. (act) | 4. elimination | the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations. |
| ~ remotion, removal | the act of removing.; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" |
| n. (act) | 5. elimination, liquidation | the murder of a competitor. |
| ~ murder, slaying, execution | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being. |
| non | | |
| adv. | 1. non, not | negation of a word or group of words.; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" |
| none | | |
| n. (time) | 1. none | a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise. |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (act) | 2. none | a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier. |
| ~ divine service, religious service, service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules.; "the Sunday service" |
| adj. | 3. none | not any.; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" |
| ~ no | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" |
| adv. | 4. none | not at all or in no way.; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear" |
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