Expunction (Noun)
Meaning
Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The court granted her request for expunction of the minor offense from her record after she met the eligibility requirements.
- Due to outdated information, the editor decided on the expunction of several paragraphs from the article before its publication.
- The expunction of the personal data from the company's database was necessary to comply with the new data protection laws.
- After serving her sentence, she was eligible for the expunction of the conviction from her permanent record.
- The historian advocated for the expunction of the inaccurate passage from the textbook to prevent further misinformation.