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Erasion
- - The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
Erasmus
- noun - Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
- EU student exchange programme begun in 1987.
Erastus
- unknown - 16th century Swiss theologian
Erasure
- noun - a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"
- a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Eristic
- adjective - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments
- the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
Erosion
- noun - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors"
- condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
- erosion by chemical action
- The wearing away
Erosive
- adjective - of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
- wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"
Etesian
- - Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
Evasion
- noun - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
- the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
- the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"
Evasive
- adjective - avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
- deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"