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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expunction

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
expunction

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).

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expunction

n. 1 The act of expunge or erase. 2 The condition of being expunged.

WordNet
expunction

n. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunging, erasure]

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.