removed

v. take off, shed; take away; eliminate, get rid of; eject, dismiss, discharge

A cousin in English kinship terminology is a relative with whom one shares a common grandparent or more distant ancestor, and who is not in one's own line of descent. The term cousin never applies where there are other specific terms to describe relationships.A system of degrees and removes is used to describe the relationship between the two cousins and the ancestor they have in common. The degree (first, second, third cousin, etc.) indicates the minimum number of generations separating either cousin from the common ancestor; the remove (once removed, twice removed, etc.) indicates the number of generations, if any, separating the two cousins from each other.
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Adjective
1. taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead
(synonym) abstracted
(similar) separate
2. far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
(synonym) remote, removed(p)
(similar) distant
3. far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
(synonym) distant, remote
(similar) far
4. separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed"
(synonym) removed(p)
(similar) distant
5. far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
(synonym) distant, remote
(similar) far

Noun
1. degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";
(hypernym) distance
Verb
1. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
(synonym) take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) epilate, depilate
(derivation) removal, remotion
2. remove from a position or an office
(hyponym) unseat
(derivation) removal
3. dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
(synonym) get rid of
(hyponym) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
(derivation) removal, remotion
4. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
(synonym) take out, move out
(hyponym) clear
(cause) move
5. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
(synonym) transfer
(hypernym) transfer, shift
6. go away or leave; "He absented himself"
(synonym) absent
(hypernym) disappear, vanish, go away
7. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
(synonym) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) burke
8. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
(synonym) take away
(hyponym) wash away

v. dig, rake over, rake up, stir, stir up, move

(imp. & p. p.)
of Remove
  

(a.)
Distant in location; remote.
  

(a.)
Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.
  

(a.)
Dismissed from office.
  

(a.)
Changed in place.