Bowdlerization
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Expurgation of offensive or indelicate passages or words from an edited book or writing.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The action or instance of
bowdlerizing
; the
omission
or
removal
of material considered
vulgar
or
indecent
.
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noun.
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
noun.
written material that has been bowdlerized
Word Usage
"Reuters spoke to Google, and the company responded in a statement that the enforced bowdlerization was indeed intentional:"
Etymologically Related
bowdlerize
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
castration
expurgation
piece of writing
writing
written material
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bowdlerisation
expurgation