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EXPUNCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expunction mean?
• EXPUNCTION (noun)
The noun EXPUNCTION has 1 sense:
1. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Familiarity information: EXPUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
erasure; expunction; expunging
Hypernyms ("expunction" is a kind of...):
deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)
Derivation:
expunge (remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line)
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