Word: effacement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ef
face
ment
Definition: The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
Morphemes:
Affix: efface
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.