gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
disinfection; sterile filtration
expulsion; excommunication
multiplication and division
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
removing water; draining; bailing
exemption; exoneration; discharge
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)
removal; omission; lusting
(non-permanent) hair removal; depilation
unveiling (a statue, monument, etc.)
deleted residence record; record of deletion of certificate of residence
salt removal; desalination
mathematical division sign
(immunological) desensitization
dust removal; dust suppression
deferrization; iron removal (using a magnet, etc.)