expurgation

• Nom désignant l'action de supprimer ou d'exclure des passages offensants, inacceptables ou inconvenants d'une œuvre écrite, comme un livre ou un texte.

A noun referring to the act of removing or deleting offensive, objectionable, or inappropriate parts from a written work, such as a book or text.

1. Removal of offensive contentC1formal

   The act of removing or editing out parts of a text, film, or other work that are considered obscene, objectionable, or unsuitable.

   Expurgation

   • The expurgation of the novel removed all explicit language.
   • The film underwent significant expurgation before its television broadcast.
   • Scholars criticized the expurgation of historical documents for political reasons.

   Synonymesbowdlerizationcensorshippurgingpurificationsanitization