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expurgation

[ek-sper-geyt] Origin

ex·pur·gate

[ek-sper-geyt]
verb (used with object), ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing.
1.
to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
2.
to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

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

ex·pur·ga·tion, noun
ex·pur·ga·tor, noun
un·ex·pur·gat·ed, adjective


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

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expurgate (ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt)
 
vb
(tr) to amend (a book, text, etc) by removing (obscene or offensive sections)
 
[C17: from Latin expurgāre to clean out, from purgāre to purify; see purge]
 
expur'gation
 
n
 
'expurgator
 
n
 
expurgatory
 
adj
 
expurgatorial
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

expurgation
early 15c., "a cleansing from impurity," from L. expurgationem, from expurgare "cleanse out, purify," from ex- "out" + purgare "to purge." Sense of "remove objectionable passages from a literary work" first recorded in English 1670s.
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