Marcel Proust

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

French Author

Albert Bandura

In the final forms of moral disengagement, wrongdoers treat adversaries as subhuman animalistic, demonic beings. Expunging any sense of shared humanity eliminates moral restraints.

Canadian Psychologist

Pat Robertson

The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian heritage from the public square.

American Clergyman

Moshe Kasher

I think people are really desperate for conversations. I'm really fascinated by the idea that at the same time, the internet is sort of expunging our attention spans.

American Comedian

William Peter Blatty

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

American Writer

A. Bartlett Giamatti

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.

American Educator

Helen Dunmore

To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.

British Poet

When you expunge something, it's as if it never existed.

Complete Removal

'Expunge' is usually used for removing things that are harmful or embarrassing.

Often Negative

It's often used metaphorically to describe the act of forgetting or disregarding something.

Metaphoric Use

In law, expunging has specific implications for a person’s legal record.

Legal Implications

Expunge in legal sense conveys starting anew, without the burden of past records.

Start Afresh

When used legally, 'expunge' is formal and denotes a serious action.

Serious Context

 but we've had disappointing results year after year. And the fact is, people learn from people they love. And if you're not talking about the individual relationship between a teacher and a student, you're not talking about that reality. But that reality is expunged

David Brooks: The social...

 expunged from our policymaking process and so that's led to a question for me why are the most socially attuned people on earth completely dehumanized when they think about policy and I came to the conclusion this is a symptom of a