Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of expunging or the condition of being expunged.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of expunging or erasing; removal by erasure; a blotting out or leaving out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
expunging orerasing . - noun The condition of being
expunged .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The fact of the conviction, the fact of the pardon, the fact of the expunction (if that is the procedure used) are all public acts of the government.
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The fact of the conviction, the fact of the pardon, the fact of the expunction if that is the procedure used are all public acts of the government.
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By this process the essence of two or more old comedies is extracted; their characters and plots amalgamated; and the whole "rectified" by the careful expunction of equivocal passages.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Various
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This double use of expunction and cancellation is not uncommon in our oldest manuscripts.
A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York Edward Kennard Rand 1908
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If punishment means atonement, he had the opportunity of making that right very suddenly, and if pardon means expunction, then I don't see why that offence hasn't been pretty well wiped out.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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If punishment means atonement, he had the opportunity of making that right very suddenly, and if pardon means expunction, then I don't see why that offence hasn't been pretty well wiped out.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 William Dean Howells 1878
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If punishment means atonement, he had the opportunity of making that right very suddenly, and if pardon means expunction, then I don't see why that offence hasn't been pretty well wiped out.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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Special Correspondent She demands expunction of PWD Minister's remarks today dismissed as "meaningless and absurd" demand for bifurcation of
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Special Correspondent She demands expunction of PWD Minister's remarks help to a sub-inspector who bled to death after attacked by a
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Rekoff is expected to produce an expunction order that allows the district attorney, Galveston police and Department of Public Safety to maintain their evidence and other records concerning the trial until Sistrunk decides whether to bring more charges that might have arisen in conjunction with the events surrounding Gonzales 'death.
qms commented on the word expunction
A comma should serve a clear function
Not pester a healthy conjunction.
At the end of a list
It need not exist.
I call for its lasting expunction.
See serial comma.
May 19, 2018
bilby commented on the word expunction
What, is, your, problem?
May 19, 2018
qms commented on the word expunction
I think a serial comma is fussy, foolish and redundant.
May 19, 2018
alexz commented on the word expunction
I, prefer, the, Shatner comma
May 20, 2018