nonaddition. subtraction
Roget category 38
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.3. Conjunctive quantity
#38.
Nonaddition. Subtraction
noun
subtraction,
subduction† —
deduction,
retrenchment —
removal,
withdrawal —
ablation,
sublation† —
abstraction
etc.
(taking)
789 —
garbling,
etc.
v..
mutilation,
detruncation† —
amputation —
abscission,
excision,
recision —
curtailment
etc.
201 —
minuend,
subtrahend —
decrease
etc.
36 —
abrasion.
verb
subduct,
subtract —
deduct,
deduce —
bate,
retrench —
remove,
withdraw,
take from,
take away —
detract.
garble,
mutilate,
amputate,
detruncate† —
cut off,
cut away,
cut out —
abscind†,
excise —
pare,
thin,
prune,
decimate —
abrade,
scrape,
file —
geld,
castrate —
eliminate.
diminish
etc.
36 —
curtail
etc.
(shorten)
201 —
deprive of
etc.
(take)
789 —
weaken.
adjective
subtracted
etc.
v. —
subtractive.
adverb
in deduction
etc.
n. —
less —
short of —
minus,
without,
except,
except for,
excepting,
with the exception of,
barring,
save,
exclusive of,
save and except,
with a reservation —
not counting,
if one doesn't count.
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