expunct

Look at other dictionaries:

• expunction — /ik spungk sheuhn/, n. the act of expunging; erasure. [1600 10; < LL expunction (s. of expunctio) a blotting out, equiv. to L expunct(us) blotted out (ptp. of expungere to EXPUNGE) + ion ION] * * * …   Universalium

• expunge — v.tr. (foll. by from) erase, remove (esp. a passage from a book or a name from a list). Derivatives: expunction n. expunger n. Etymology: L expungere expunct (as EX (1), pungere prick) …   Useful english dictionary