| NOUN | act | expurgation, castration | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
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| Meaning | The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work. | |
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| Synonym | castration | |
| Narrower | bowdlerization, bowdlerisation | The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
| Broader | deletion | The act of deleting something written or printed |
| Spanish | castración, censura, expurgación | |
| Catalan | expurgació | |
| Verbs | expurgate | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
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