expunction
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin expunctiō, expunctiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈspʌŋ(k).ʃən/, /ɛk-/
Noun
expunction (countable and uncountable, plural expunctions)
- The act of expunging or erasing.
- Synonym: expunctuation
- The condition of being expunged.
Further reading
- “expunction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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