— expurgation , n. — expurgator , n.
/ek"speuhr gayt'/ , v.t., expurgated, expurgating .
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.
[ 1615-25; expurgatus, ptp. of expurgare to clean out. See EX- 1 , PURGE, -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. delete, excise, censor, purge, bowdlerize.