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expurgation
ex·pur·gate E0292900 (ĕk′spər-gāt′)tr.v. ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing, ex·pur·gates To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
[Latin expūrgāre, expūrgāt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pūrgāre, to cleanse; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
ex′pur·ga′tion n.ex′pur·ga′tor n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  expurgation - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary workcastrationdeletion - the act of deleting something written or printedbowdlerisation, bowdlerization - the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
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Synonyms for expurgationnoun the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary workSynonymsRelated Words- deletion
- bowdlerisation
- bowdlerization
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