expurgation (n)
castration#2 (n)

n00397010

type n
lex_filenum 04
def the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Outgoing links
Hypernym deletion
Derivationally related form castration → castrate
Derivationally related form expurgation → expurgate
Hyponym bowdlerization, bowdlerisation
Incoming links
Hyponym deletion
Hypernym bowdlerization, bowdlerisation
Derivationally related form castrate → castration
Derivationally related form expurgate → expurgation

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