expunction

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Noun expunction has 1 sense

expunction, expunging, erasure - deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
--₁ is a kind of deletion

Derived form: verb expunge₁

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Expunction

Noun:

A legal process where a person's criminal records are destroyed or sealed, making them unavailable to the public.

Example sentence:

After being wrongly accused of theft, John's expunction allowed him to start a new life without the burden of a criminal record.

Verb:

To erase or remove something completely.

Example sentence:

The IT department was responsible for expunction of all sensitive data from the server before it was decommissioned.

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