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Expurgation

Expurgation, the act of purging or cleansing, as where a book is published without its obscene passages.

To purify to clear from anything noxious offensive or erroneous to cleanse to purge as to expurgate a book

having material deleted of books as at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions

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The act of expurgating purging or cleansing purification from anything noxious offensive sinful or erroneous

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To purge away

To expurgate as a book by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive to remove morally objectionable parts said of

Tending or serving to expurgate expurgatory

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