censoring

cen·sor  (snsr)

n.

1. A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.

2. An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.

3. One that condemns or censures.

4. One of two officials in ancient Rome responsible for taking the public census and supervising public behavior and morals.

5. Psychology The agent in the unconscious that is responsible for censorship.

tr.v. cen·sored, cen·sor·ing, cen·sors

To examine and expurgate.

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[Latin cnsor, Roman censor, from cnsre, to assess; see kens- in Indo-European roots.]

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censor·a·ble adj.

cen·sori·al (sn-sôr-l, -sr-) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	censoring - counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy censorship, security review military censorship - all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces national censorship - censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions counterintelligence - intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
	2.	censoring - deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances censorship deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed Bowdlerism - censorship in the form of prudish expurgation Comstockery - censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality