"effacement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: effacements [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French effacement. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|effacement}} French effacement Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} effacement (countable and uncountable, plural effacements)
  1. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-effacement-en-noun-7J2JrCrw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 10 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 14 20
  2. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (withdraw in order to make oneself inconspicuous): effacement [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-effacement-en-noun-xk00bIk7 Disambiguation of 'withdraw in order to make oneself inconspicuous': 2 94 3
  3. (medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-effacement-en-noun-1dbHj~K~ Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-effacement

Inflected forms

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