expunction
pronunciation
How to pronounce expunction in British English:
UK [ɪks'pʌŋkʃən]
How to pronounce expunction in American English:
US [ɪk'spʌŋkʃən]
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- Noun:
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
Word Origin
- expunction (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin expunctionem (nominative expunctio), noun of action from past participle stem of expungere "prick out, blot out, mark for deletion" (see expunge).