effacement -
v. 1 tr. rub or wipe out (a mark etc.).
2 tr. (in abstract senses) obliterate; wipe out (effaced it from his memory).
3 tr. utterly surpass; eclipse (
success has effaced all previous attempts).
4 refl. treat or regard oneself as unimportant (self-effacing).
effacement n. [F effacer (as EX-(1), FACE)]