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Narrower term 5

Correction 76% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deletion 76% connected

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excision 76% connected

The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Revising 76% connected

of Revise

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 1

Writing 76% connected

of Write

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Edit 74% connected

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to e…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Edit 74% connected

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to e…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Redaction 92% connected

The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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