expurgation
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Types & categories
- deletion hypernym
- bowdlerization hyponym
Related & opposite
- bowdlerize derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowdlerize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deletion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowdlerization |