|   | 1 |  initial version  | 
Another possibility is to use Python's del to delete an object:
sage: del x
sage: x
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NameError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
/home/vbraun/opt/sage-4.7.1.alpha2/local/include/singular/<ipython console> in <module>()
NameError: name 'x' is not defined
sage: x = var('x')
sage: x
x
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