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Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
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expunction
Word definitions for expunction in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin expunctionem (nominative expunctio ), noun of action from past participle stem of expungere "prick out, blot out, mark for deletion" (see expunge ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunging , erasure ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expunction \Ex*punc"tion\, n. [L. expunctio execution, performance, from expungere. See Expunge .] The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged. --Milton.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of expunge or erase. 2 The condition of being expunged.
Usage examples of expunction.
He was afraid of physical pain, so that he had left the slave-brand rather than endure the momentary physical agony of its expunction, and thus gotten himself into this fix.