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removal

Pronunciation:  ri'moovul

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  dismissal from office
  2. [n]  the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
 
 Synonyms: remotion
 
 See Also: abscission, abstraction, autotomy, baring, cutting off, decontamination, deletion, denudation, dermabrasion, discharge, disembowelment, dislodgement, dislodgment, dismissal, dismission, elimination, emptying, evacuation, evisceration, extraction, firing, husking, liberation, release, riddance, rinse, rinsing, sack, sacking, separation, skimming, stripping, uncovering, voidance, withdrawal

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*mov"al\ (-al), n.
The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

 
Legal Dictionary
 
 Definition: The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases, because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases, because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court.
 

 

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