(n.) The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

abbreviation ablation abrasion abrasive abridgment attrition blackout blocking blot blotting blotting out blue-penciling bowdlerization buffing burnishing cancel cancellation censoring censorship chafe chafing deletion dematerialization departure detrition disappearance disappearing dispersion dissipation dissolution dissolving dressing eclipse editing effacement elimination erosion evanescence evaporation expunction expurgation extinction fadeaway fadeout fading filing fretting galling going grazing grinding limation melting obliteration occultation omission passing polishing rasping rubbing away sandblasting sanding scouring scrape scraping scratch scratching scrub scrubbing scuff shining smoothing striking vanishing vanishing point washing out wear wearing away wipe wiping out