| Concept: | Nonaddition. Subduction. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
nonaddition, subduction, subtraction; deduction, retrenchment; removal; ablation, sublation; abstraction (taking); garbling, mutilation, detruncation; amputation; abscision, excision, recision; curtailment; minuend, subtrahend; decrease; abrasion.
-verbs
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; curtail (shorten); deprive of (take); weaken.
-adjectives
subtracted; subtractive.
-adverbs
in deduction; less; short of; minus, without, except, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation.
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| Antonyms: | addition |
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