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expurgation

noun

1 expurgation

The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.

synonym: castration.

is a specific kind of: deletion.

is a broader term that covers: bowdlerisation, bowdlerization.

derivation: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten.

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