sublation

CIDE DICTIONARY

sublation, n. [L. sublatio, fr. sublatus, used as p. p. of tollere to take away.].

 The act of taking or carrying away; removal.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

sublation

Subtraction

N nonaddition, subtraction, subtraction, subduction, deduction, retrenchment, removal, withdrawal, ablation, sublation, abstraction, garbling mutilation, detruncation, amputation, abscission, excision, recision, curtailment, minuend, subtrahend, decrease, abrasion, subtracted, subtractive, in deduction, 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.