expunction

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expunctiō, expunctiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspʌŋ(k).ʃən/, /ɛk-/

Noun

expunction (countable and uncountable, plural expunctions)

1. The act of expunging or erasing.

   Synonym: expunctuation

2. The condition of being expunged.

Further reading

• “expunction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.