ex-purgation

[ek-sper-geyt]

verb (used with object), ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing.

to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.

to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin expurgātus, past participle of expurgāre to clean out. See ex-¹, purge, -ate¹

Related forms

ex·pur·ga·tion, noun

ex·pur·ga·tor, noun

un·ex·pur·gat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. delete, excise, censor, purge, bowdlerize.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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