To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.