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The deletion of all passages considered to be indecent
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expurgation
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expurgation \Ex`pur*ga"tion\, n. [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.] The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. --Milton.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work [syn: castration ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of expurgate, purge, or cleanse; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "a cleansing from impurity," from Latin expurgationem (nominative expurgatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of expurgare "to cleanse out, purge, purify; clear from censure, vindicate, justify," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + purgare ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
thumb|upright=1.2| Thomas Bowdler 's famous reworked edition of William Shakespeare 's plays. 1818 Expurgation is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive, usually from an artistic work. Bowdlerization is a pejorative ...
Usage examples of expurgation.
Whatever we think of Paracelsus, the chief agent in the introduction of these remedies, and whatever limits we may assign to the use of these long-trusted mineral drugs, there can be no doubt that the chemical school, as it was called, did a great deal towards the expurgation of the old, overloaded, and repulsive pharmacopoeia.
Believe me, the secret traitor will not dare to absent himself from an expurgation so solemn, lest his very absence should be matter of suspicion.