expurgation

• Substantivo que designa o ato de remover ou excluir de uma obra escrita, como um livro ou texto, partes ofensivas, inaceitáveis ou impróprias.

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.

   Expurgo de conteúdo ofensivo

   • 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   • Scholars criticized the expurgation of historical documents for political reasons.

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