expunctionn.

/ɛkˈspʌŋkʃən/

Etymology: < Latin expunctiōn-em, noun of action < expungĕre : see expunge v.

a. The action of expunging; an erasure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > of writing, text, etc.

cancellingc1440

cancellation1535

deleting1544

deletion1590

expunction1606

retrenching1647

retrenchment1668

erasement1721

expunging1721

erasure1755

excision1858

redaction1962

1606 W. Crashaw Falsificationum Romanarum G iij b That which is to be corrected, may be done with some small addition or expunction.

?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads ii. Comm. 59 Of which verse his interpreters cry out for the expunction.

1769 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 249 The expunction of the L..and the substitution of the V in its stead.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 188 The omission—and..the expunction—of names.

1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe IV. xxxvi. 252 The consonant in the middle of the words being..fixed upon for expunction.

b. Palaeography. The indication of an erasure to be made in a manuscript by means of dots placed beneath the relevant letter or letters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > things to be deleted > instruction to delete > in palaeography

expunction1954

expunctuation1957

1954 N. Denholm-Young Handwriting in Eng. & Wales viii. 78 The point in the Middle Ages was used..beneath letters to denote expunction, i.e. they are to be regarded as not written.

1960 N. R. Ker Eng. MSS after Norman Conquest 51 Small errors were repaired by expunction or erasure, the correct reading being added above the line.

†2. A wiping out, removal. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation

anientizement1429

deletiona1513

extincting1513

annihilment1526

exterminion1528

nulling1538

annihilation1541

exterminationc1550

nullity1555

annihilating1577

massacre1595

extinguishment1599

extinct1606

expunction1615

extinction1615

discreationa1628

nullificationa1631

nullifying1640

decreation1647

defacedness1668

extinguishinga1676

erasurea1794

exterminating1796

blotting out1808

naughting1913

wipeout1968

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 120 The Gospell intends the expunction of the old Image.

1660 Z. Crofton Αναληψις Ανεληϕθη 64 Total expunction of such Doctrine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	expunction
释义	expunctionn. /ɛkˈspʌŋkʃən/ Etymology: < Latin expunctiōn-em, noun of action < expungĕre : see expunge v. 1. a. The action of expunging; an erasure. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > of writing, text, etc. cancellingc1440 cancellation1535 deleting1544 deletion1590 expunction1606 retrenching1647 retrenchment1668 erasement1721 expunging1721 erasure1755 excision1858 redaction1962 1606 W. Crashaw Falsificationum Romanarum G iij b That which is to be corrected, may be done with some small addition or expunction. ?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads ii. Comm. 59 Of which verse his interpreters cry out for the expunction. 1769 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 249 The expunction of the L..and the substitution of the V in its stead. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 188 The omission—and..the expunction—of names. 1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe IV. xxxvi. 252 The consonant in the middle of the words being..fixed upon for expunction. b. Palaeography. The indication of an erasure to be made in a manuscript by means of dots placed beneath the relevant letter or letters. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > things to be deleted > instruction to delete > in palaeography expunction1954 expunctuation1957 1954 N. Denholm-Young Handwriting in Eng. & Wales viii. 78 The point in the Middle Ages was used..beneath letters to denote expunction, i.e. they are to be regarded as not written. 1960 N. R. Ker Eng. MSS after Norman Conquest 51 Small errors were repaired by expunction or erasure, the correct reading being added above the line. †2. A wiping out, removal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation anientizement1429 deletiona1513 extincting1513 annihilment1526 exterminion1528 nulling1538 annihilation1541 exterminationc1550 nullity1555 annihilating1577 massacre1595 extinguishment1599 extinct1606 expunction1615 extinction1615 discreationa1628 nullificationa1631 nullifying1640 decreation1647 defacedness1668 extinguishinga1676 erasurea1794 exterminating1796 blotting out1808 naughting1913 wipeout1968 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 120 The Gospell intends the expunction of the old Image. 1660 Z. Crofton Αναληψις Ανεληϕθη 64 Total expunction of such Doctrine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1606
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