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Meanings of expunction in English

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esborrament

Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.

esborrament
Synonyms
Examples for "erasure"
Examples for "erasure"
1
There is also an accepted convention for 'writing under erasure'; the text
The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
2
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
3
It is the systematic erasure of remain from the national story.
The Guardian
4
Then the chief editor went on with his erasure; and interlineations.
Sketches New and Old
5
Mr. Adams raises another point about the erasure of Harlem's heritage.
Ebony
1
But the thought of his own expunging from the picture was very bitter.
The Trespasser
2
One cuts a supposed knot by expunging what another would explain by omitting something else.
The Odyssey
3
The moment she said it she was ashamed and drew an expunging hand across her lips.
The Judge
4
Sharkey is seeking back pay and bonuses and an expunging of the firing from her record.
Reuters
5
He loves to take a tale and re-write it for the press by carefully expunging the facts.
Remarks
Usage of expunction in English
1
After Machiavelli, it was Seneca, and then Democratis on the expunction of melancholy.
Desert places: a novel of terror
2
Sometimes the expunction is total.
The Guardian
Translations for expunction
Expunction through the time