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expurgation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun expurgation has 1 sense
- expurgation(n = noun.act) castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work; Array is a kind of deletion
has particulars: bowdlerisation, bowdlerization
Derived form verb expurgate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
expurgation, n. [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.].
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton. [1913 Webster]
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