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)