expungementn.
/ɛkˈspʌndʒmənt/ rare.
The action of expunging.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun]
blottingc1440
obliterationa1527
obliterating1610
rasurea1616
obliterature1711
erasion1790
effacement1797
expungement1891
1891 Sc. Leader 28 Jan. 4 Yesterday's act of expungement [of resolution from House of Commons Journals].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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