लोप [लुप्-भावे घञ्]
1 Taking away, deprivation; robbing, plundering.
2 Loss, destruction.
3 Abolition, cancellation, annulment, (of customs), disappearance, disuse.
4 Violation, transgression; धर्मलोपभयात् R. 1. 76.
5 Want, failure, absence; R. 1. 68.
6 Omission, dropping; तद्वद्धमर्स्य लोपे स्यात् K. P. 10.
7 Elision, dropping, (in gram.); अदर्शनं लोपः P. I. 1. 60.
8 Being perplexed or confounded.
9 Breaking, fracture.