1. The act of taking away what is hurtful or unnecessary.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• apluation,
• bloation,
• alleation,
• applation,
• obvation,
• ballation,
• abration,
• aolution,
• iflation,
• obation,
• aboration,
• abotion,
• obilation,
• allution,
• abligation,
• alution,
• anilation,
• iolation,
• abolotion,
• abrotion

• ablative,
• abolition,
• ablaut,
• ablate,
• ablated,
• ablutionary,
• ability,
• ablution.

The adjective form of the word "ablation" is "ablative".

The plural of the "ablation" can be the "ablations".

The singular of the "ablation" can be the "ablation".