erasures

Noun

erasure (countable and uncountable, plural erasures)

1. The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
   • An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London...

   Synonyms:

   cancelation, cancellation, canceling, cancelling, deleting, deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, wiping

2. The state of having been erased; total blankness.
   • Bush, even when he had the floor, grimaced as he spoke, except on several occasions when he lost his way and a look of total erasure came over him, a blank, stricken stare for which the French, alas, have the most apt expression: like a cow watching a train go by.2004 October 18, The New Yorker

   Synonyms:

   blankness

3. The place where something has been erased.
   • There were several erasures on the paper.
4. A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
   • bisexual erasure