expurgation
English Thesaurus
1. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act)
hypernym | : | deletion, |
definition | : | the act of deleting something written or printed (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, |
definition | : | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent (noun.act) |
derivation | : | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten, |
definition | : | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change) |
derivation | : | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten, |
definition | : | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change) |
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