Edit out and Stet

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Edit out verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

Usage example: anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed

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Stet is an antonym for edit out.

Stet verb - Printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative).

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Edit out is an antonym for stet.

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Stet and Edit out. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/edit_out/stet

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