expungings
Official removal acts
Expungings are acts of erasing, removing, or striking out completely.
The word appears most often in legal contexts, where expunging a record means officially deleting it: The expungings of juvenile offenses gave them fresh starts.
Outside law, expunging suggests thorough elimination—not just crossing out but obliterating entirely.
Acts of removing content
- erasuresActs of removing marks
- removalsActs of taking away
- annulmentsLegal nullifications of unions
- sealingsActs of making airtight
clearings · voidings · dismissals · acquittals · rehabilitations · pardons · exonerations · convictions
Acts of removing content
- redactionsEdited-out sensitive content
- excisionsActs of cutting out
- removalsActs of taking away
- omissionsThings left out
censorings · blottings · cuts · amendments · revisions · manuscripts · drafts · passages
Acts of obliterating completely
- eliminationsActs of removing
- purgingsForcible removals or eliminations
- disposalsActs of eliminating something
- obliterationsComplete destructions or erasures
cullings · shreddings · burnings · discards · sanitizations · databases · declassifications · overwrites
deletions
Acts of removing content
- erasuresActs of removing marks
- removalsActs of taking away
- annulmentsLegal nullifications of unions
sealings · clearings · voidings · dismissals · acquittals · rehabilitations · pardons · exonerations · convictions · juveniles
deletions
Acts of removing content
- redactionsEdited-out sensitive content
- excisionsActs of cutting out
- removalsActs of taking away
omissions · censorings · blottings · cuts · amendments · revisions · manuscripts · drafts · passages · corrections
destructions
Acts of obliterating completely
- eliminationsActs of removing
- purgingsForcible removals or eliminations
- disposalsActs of eliminating something
obliterations · cullings · shreddings · burnings · discards · sanitizations · databases · declassifications · overwrites
expungingspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
recordings · documentations · additions · insertions · filings
expungingspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
retentions · conservations · perpetuations · enshrinements · immortalizations