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(Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word)

dejectedly
dejectedness
dejection
delapsation
delapse
1. To fall or to slide down.
2. To slip down; to descend, to sink.
delapsion
A falling down, or out of place; a prolapsion.
deleble
Capable of being blotted out or erased.
delectable (adjective), more delectable, most delectable
1. Pertaining to something that is very pleasing to smell or to taste: Jim and Sara always enjoy eating at the restaurant down the street from where they live.
2. Etymology: borrowed from Old French delectable; from Latin delectabalis, from delectare, "to delight"; de, "away" + lacere, "to entice".
Highly delightful and pleasing.
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Very tasty and enjoyable.
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delectation (s) (noun), delectations (pl)
A delight, a pleasure, an enjoyment, a happiness: As a thank-you present for her neighbors for watering her flowers while she was away, Jane gave them a box of chocolate so they would have a delectation together.
A great pleasure and enjoyment.
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delegate (DEL uh gayt") (verb), delegates; delegated; delegating
1. To speak and to act for others; to represent: Every state will delegate a representative to go to the political convention.
2. To entrust an authority, rights, etc. to a person acting as one’s agent or representative; to entrust, to assign, to commit to the care of: Sharon's cousin delegated her legal powers to her son.
To assign someone as an agent with authrority to take action.
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delegation (s) (noun), delegations
A group of people who are chosen to represent a larger organization: "Ralph was appointed to lead a delegation to the next economic conference in his district."
delenda
Things to be erased or blotted out.
delete (verb), deletes; deleted; deleting
1. To get rid of something or to make it disappear: Such items as words, pictures, or computer files are just a few of the things that can be deleted from documents, recordings, computers, etc.

Sam asked the travel agent to delete his name from her reservation list because he wouldn't be able to go on the trip after all.

A woman was working on a computer in an office and the electronic device for storing and processing data suddenly disappeared, and she said, "All I did was hit the button that says delete and that is what happened."

2. Etymology: borrowed from Latin deletus; the past participle of delere, "to destroy, to blot out"; derivatives of the elements: de, "from, away" + linere, "to smear, to wipe".
To erase, to cancel, or to blot out.
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deleted (adjective)
That which is eliminated; especially, by having been blotted out, cut out, or erased.
deleterious (adjective), more deleterious, most deleterious
1. Relating to a harmful result on someone or something; injurious: Face it, there is obviously a deleterious effect from smoking.
2. Etymology: from Middle Latin deleterius; from Greek deleterios, "noxious", from deleter, "destroyer", from deleisthai, "to hurt, to injure".
Relating to being harmful and a cause of physical injury.
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Pertaining to being morally bad.
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