Bowdlerize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts; -- said of literary texts.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To expurgate in editing by expunging words or passages considered offensive or indelicate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    • Verb Form
    bowdlerized    bowdlerizes    bowdlerizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shorten    abbreviate    abridge    contract    foreshorten   
    Cross Reference
    redact    expurgate    expunge    censor   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bowdlerise    expurgate    shorten    cut   
     
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