expurgation

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expurgation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Expurgation \Ex`pur*ga"tion\, n. [L. expurgatio justification,
     excuse: cf. F. expurgation.]
     The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification
     from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

expurgation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  expurgation
      n 1: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
           [syn: expurgation, castration]