effacement

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French effacement. === Noun === effacement (countable and uncountable, plural effacements) The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. (medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. ==== Derived terms ==== self-effacement ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From effacer (“to erase”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.fas.mɑ̃/ === Noun === effacement m (plural effacements) erasure (act of erasing) ==== Descendants ==== → English: effacement === Further reading === “effacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012