bowdlerisation

2 definitions found

bowdlerisation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  bowdlerisation \bowdlerisation\ n.
     the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
  
     Syn: bowdlerization, expurgation.
          [WordNet 1.5]

bowdlerisation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bowdlerisation
      n 1: written material that has been bowdlerized [syn:
           bowdlerization, bowdlerisation]
      2: the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to
         be indecent [syn: bowdlerization, bowdlerisation]