<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.</li><li>Something that has a new layer, aspect, or appearance that builds on its past and allows us to see or perceive parts of this past.</li><li>Memory is a palimpsest that is continually being written over, but never perfectly so.</li></ul>