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expurgation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expurgation n : the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent [syn: {bowdlerization}, {bowdlerisation}]
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