Expurgation

ex·pur·gate  (kspr-gt)

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.

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[Latin exprgre, exprgt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + prgre, to cleanse; see peu- in Indo-European roots.]

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expur·gation n.

expur·gator n.

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Noun

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expurgation - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work castration deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent