subtraction

The act or process of subtracting; deduction.

The arithmetic operation of finding the difference between two quantities or numbers.

The act or operation of subtracting, or taking a part from a whole.

Specifically, in arithmetic and algebra, the taking of one number or quantity from another; the operation of finding the difference between two numbers.

In law, a withdrawing or neglecting, as when a person who owes any suit, duty, custom, or service to another withdraws it or neglects to perform it.

Detraction.

The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.

The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.

(uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.