bowdlerize
English Thesaurus
1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten, |
| definition | : | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, |
| definition | : | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | castration, expurgation, |
| definition | : | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, |
| definition | : | written material that has been bowdlerized (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator, |
| definition | : | a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | bowdler, thomas bowdler, |
| definition | : | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, |
| definition | : | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | castration, expurgation, |
| definition | : | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, |
| definition | : | written material that has been bowdlerized (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator, |
| definition | : | a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | bowdler, thomas bowdler, |
| definition | : | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) (noun.person) |
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