    # File lib/wordnet/lexicon.rb, line 289
                    def removeSynset( synset )
                            # If it's not in the database (ie., doesn't have a real offset),
                            # just return.
                            return nil if synset.offset == 1

                            # Start a transaction on the data table
                            @env.begin( BDB::TXN_COMMIT, @dataDb ) do |txn,datadb|

                                    # First remove the index entries for this synset by iterating
                                    # over each of its words
                                    txn.begin( BDB::TXN_COMMIT, @indexDb ) do |txn,indexdb|
                                            synset.words.collect {|word| word + "%" + pos }.each {|word|

                                                    # If the index contains an entry for this word, either
                                                    # splice out the offset for the synset being deleted if
                                                    # there are more than one, or just delete the whole
                                                    # entry if it's the only one.
                                                    if indexdb.key?( word )
                                                            offsets = indexdb[ word ].
                                                                    split( SubDelimRe ).
                                                                    reject {|offset| offset == synset.offset}

                                                            unless offsets.empty?
                                                                    indexDb[ word ] = newoffsets.join( SubDelim )
                                                            else
                                                                    indexDb.delete( word )
                                                            end
                                                    end
                                            }
                                    end

                                    # :TODO: Delete synset from pointers of related synsets

                                    # Delete the synset from the main db
                                    datadb.delete( synset.offset )
                            end

                            return true
                    end