expurgationn.

/ɛkspəːˈɡeɪʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English -acion.

Etymology: < Latin expurgātiōn-em, noun of action < expurgāre ; see expurgate adj. Compare French expurgation.

†1. The action of expurgating or cleansing from impurity (literal and figurative); an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [noun]

purginga1382

expurgationc1420

purgationc1425

undefoilingc1425

purgement1483

sublimating1559

sweetening1591

purgatory1596

purification1597

purge1598

depuration1603

refinement1611

castigation1615

lustrationc1635

purifaction1652

refreshing1719

depurating1762

epuration1800

neatifying1826

vastation1847

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 942 Thaire [bees'] dwellyng places expu [r] gacion Of every filthe aboute Aprill Calende Wol have of right.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 31 Sorts ordained onely for the expurgation or cleansing of the principall.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pref. sig. a vj a Arts and Learning want this expurgation .

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. ix. 138 A pure bodie; which puritie was attained by Expurgations, Washings, etc.

2. The removal from a book, etc., of that which is deemed objectionable; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > removal of objectionable passages

expurgation1608

expurging1635

castration1797

censorship1856

bowdlerism1869

bowdlerization1882

bowdlerizing1886

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. ii. iii. 133 Nothing can argue guiltines so much, as vniust expurgations.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 19 This work will ask as many more officials, to make expurgations.

1694 S. Pepys Let. in Academy (1890) 9 Aug. 110/3 Yo^r politicall as well as philologicall Expurgations.

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 199 Sewell's History of the Quakers..has undergone a like expurgation.

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 70 It seems to invite expurgation in order to establish the consistency of its contents.

3. The action of purging from imputed guilt; clearing; exculpation; after Latin expurgatio. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation

skering1297

sunyinga1400

discharge1449

cleansingc1568

disaggravating1598

clearing1604

assoilment1611

washing1612

disblaminga1641

disculpation1649

acclearmenta1670

exculpationa1715

whitewashing1768

expurgation1828

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 305 The evidence of the Duke of Rothsay in expurgation, as it was termed, of Sir John.

4. The action of purging away (impurities, etc.); transferred the clearing out, removal (of objectionable members of a community).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun]

discommunion1590

ostracism1602

disfellowship1608

expurgation1615

elimination1623

estrangement1660

social exclusion1831

fugitation1837

leperhood1875

ostracization1875

boycott1880

boycotting1880

boycottism1880

freeze-out1883

freezing out1891

purge1893

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > dispersing, etc., of humours or morbid matter

resolvinga1398

attractiona1400

resolutiona1400

repercussion?a1425

eduction?c1425

discussion1583

repulsion1583

epicrasis1592

derivation1600

expurgation1615

attractation1616

incision1626

diversion1656

dispersion1753

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance > specifically of persons

expurgation1615

purge1893

sweep-out1947

long knives1967

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 183 The melancholly iuyce..needes the more forcible expurgation.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋244 A Cautery or Fontanell is not set to the expurgation of a malignant humour.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 190 The severe censure and expurgation of those whom the Psalmist..calls leavened persons.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 448 The expurgation of all those members opposed to the Fronde, was advised.

1864 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 797/2 The later months of the year have ended in the expurgation of weak speculators.

†5. Astronomy. The re-appearance of the sun after an eclipse; emersion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > reappearance

apparition1556

emersion1633

egress1664

emergencea1727

expurgation1727

emergency1763

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Expurgation, a purging out, or making clean.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Expurgation..is used by some Authors, for the State or Action of the Sun; wherein, after having been Eclipsed it begins to appear again: But the later Astronomers do all call this, Emersion, not Expurgation.

1862 Chambers's Encycl. at Eclipse Emersion or expurgation is the time when the luminary begins to reappear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	expurgation
释义	expurgationn. /ɛkspəːˈɡeɪʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English -acion. Etymology: < Latin expurgātiōn-em, noun of action < expurgāre ; see expurgate adj. Compare French expurgation. †1. The action of expurgating or cleansing from impurity (literal and figurative); an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [noun] purginga1382 expurgationc1420 purgationc1425 undefoilingc1425 purgement1483 sublimating1559 sweetening1591 purgatory1596 purification1597 purge1598 depuration1603 refinement1611 castigation1615 lustrationc1635 purifaction1652 refreshing1719 depurating1762 epuration1800 neatifying1826 vastation1847 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 942 Thaire [bees'] dwellyng places expu [r] gacion Of every filthe aboute Aprill Calende Wol have of right. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 31 Sorts ordained onely for the expurgation or cleansing of the principall. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pref. sig. a vj a Arts and Learning want this expurgation . View more context for this quotation 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. ix. 138 A pure bodie; which puritie was attained by Expurgations, Washings, etc. 2. The removal from a book, etc., of that which is deemed objectionable; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > removal of objectionable passages expurgation1608 expurging1635 castration1797 censorship1856 bowdlerism1869 bowdlerization1882 bowdlerizing1886 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. ii. iii. 133 Nothing can argue guiltines so much, as vniust expurgations. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 19 This work will ask as many more officials, to make expurgations. 1694 S. Pepys Let. in Academy (1890) 9 Aug. 110/3 Yo^r politicall as well as philologicall Expurgations. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 199 Sewell's History of the Quakers..has undergone a like expurgation. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 70 It seems to invite expurgation in order to establish the consistency of its contents. 3. The action of purging from imputed guilt; clearing; exculpation; after Latin expurgatio. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation skering1297 sunyinga1400 discharge1449 cleansingc1568 disaggravating1598 clearing1604 assoilment1611 washing1612 disblaminga1641 disculpation1649 acclearmenta1670 exculpationa1715 whitewashing1768 expurgation1828 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 305 The evidence of the Duke of Rothsay in expurgation, as it was termed, of Sir John. 4. The action of purging away (impurities, etc.); transferred the clearing out, removal (of objectionable members of a community). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] discommunion1590 ostracism1602 disfellowship1608 expurgation1615 elimination1623 estrangement1660 social exclusion1831 fugitation1837 leperhood1875 ostracization1875 boycott1880 boycotting1880 boycottism1880 freeze-out1883 freezing out1891 purge1893 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > dispersing, etc., of humours or morbid matter resolvinga1398 attractiona1400 resolutiona1400 repercussion?a1425 eduction?c1425 discussion1583 repulsion1583 epicrasis1592 derivation1600 expurgation1615 attractation1616 incision1626 diversion1656 dispersion1753 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance > specifically of persons expurgation1615 purge1893 sweep-out1947 long knives1967 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 183 The melancholly iuyce..needes the more forcible expurgation. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋244 A Cautery or Fontanell is not set to the expurgation of a malignant humour. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 190 The severe censure and expurgation of those whom the Psalmist..calls leavened persons. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 448 The expurgation of all those members opposed to the Fronde, was advised. 1864 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 797/2 The later months of the year have ended in the expurgation of weak speculators. †5. Astronomy. The re-appearance of the sun after an eclipse; emersion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > reappearance apparition1556 emersion1633 egress1664 emergencea1727 expurgation1727 emergency1763 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Expurgation, a purging out, or making clean. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Expurgation..is used by some Authors, for the State or Action of the Sun; wherein, after having been Eclipsed it begins to appear again: But the later Astronomers do all call this, Emersion, not Expurgation. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. at Eclipse Emersion or expurgation is the time when the luminary begins to reappear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1420
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