erasure
n.
rubbing out, deletion, eradication
Erasure
erasure
Noun
1. a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript"
(hypernym) correction
(derivation) erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
2. a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
(hypernym) area, expanse, surface area
(derivation) erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
3. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
(synonym) expunction, expunging
(hypernym) deletion
(derivation) erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
Erasure
(n.)
The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
erasure
(or "under erasure" or "putting [something] under erasure" ).  This is
Derrida 's term.  It means presenting our ideas as though they were undeconstructable but with awareness that they can be deconstructed. One might say, "I say [such and such], but I am putting it under erasure."