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Princeton's WordNet

  1. expurgation, castrationnoun

    the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Wiktionary

  1. expurgationnoun

    The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Expurgationnoun

    Etymology: expurgatio, Latin.

    All the intestines, but especially the great ones, kidneys and ureters, serve for expurgation. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    Wise men know, that arts and learning want expurgation; and if the course of truth be permitted to itself, it cannot escape many errours. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours. Preface to.

Wikipedia

  1. Expurgation

    Expurgation, also known as bowdlerization, is a form of censorship that involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive from an artistic work or other type of writing or media. The term bowdlerization is a pejorative term for the practice, particularly the expurgation of lewd material from books. The term derives from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition of William Shakespeare's plays, which he reworked in ways that he felt were more suitable for women and children. He similarly edited Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.A fig-leaf edition is such a bowdlerized text, deriving from the practice of covering the genitals of nudes in classical and Renaissance statues and paintings with fig leaves.

ChatGPT

  1. expurgation

    Expurgation is the process of removing or censoring parts of a book, film, or other work that are considered offensive, vulgar, or objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. It is done with the intent to make the content more suitable or acceptable for a specific audience.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Expurgationnoun

    the act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous

  2. Etymology: [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.]

Wikidata

  1. Expurgation

    Expurgation is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive, usually from an artistic work. Expurgation of sexual or lewd content is also called bowdlerization, especially for books, after Thomas Bowdler, who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work that he considered to be more appropriate for women and children. He similarly edited Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A work that has been subjected to expurgation is sometimes called a fig-leaf edition, a figurative extension from the older practice of placing fig leaves to hide the genitals of nudes in paintings and statues.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of expurgation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of expurgation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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