Bowdlerization

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  • n. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Expurgation of offensive or indelicate passages or words from an edited book or writing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
  • n. written material that has been bowdlerized
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    castration    expurgation    piece of writing    writing    written material   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bowdlerisation    expurgation   
     
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