Deletory

//dəˈliːtəɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which blots out. obsolete

    "1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery confession […] was mostly certainly intended as a deletory of sin"

Example

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"1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery confession […] was mostly certainly intended as a deletory of sin"

Etymology

See delete.

Related phrases

blot out

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