unexpurgated

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ex⋅pur⋅gate

[ek-sper-geyt]

–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -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; < L expurgātus, ptp. of expurgāre to clean out. See ex- ¹ , purge, -ate ¹

Related forms:

ex⋅pur⋅ga⋅tion, noun

ex⋅pur⋅ga⋅tor, noun

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

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