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EXPURGATION

• EXPURGATION (noun)
The noun EXPURGATION has 1 sense:

1. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Familiarity information: EXPURGATION used as a noun is very rare.

• EXPURGATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

expurgation; castration

Hypernyms ("expurgation" is a kind of...):

deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expurgation"):

bowdlerisation; bowdlerization (the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent)

"Misery loves company."
(English proverb)
"A starving man will eat with the wolf."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Old habits die hard"
(Arabic proverb)
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
(Dutch proverb)

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