damnatio memoriae UK /damˌnɑːtɪ.əʊ mɪˈmɔːrɪ.aɪ/US /dæmˌnɑti.oʊ məˈmɔri.aɪ/ noun1 •(historical) A posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden.
