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Definition of Expurgation
1. Noun. The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.
Generic synonyms: Deletion
Specialized synonyms: Bowdlerisation, Bowdlerization
Derivative terms: Castrate, Expurgate
Definition of Expurgation
1. n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
Definition of Expurgation
1. Noun. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expurgation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expurgation
Literary usage of Expurgation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise of the Greek Epic: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at Harvard by Gilbert Murray (1911)
"The spirit of expurgation, which we studied in the fifth lecture, had already
begun its long work of removing the traces of primitive cruelty and ..."
2. Chapters from the Religious History of Spain Connected with the Inquisition by Henri-Charles Lea (1890)
"In this matter of expurgation the Spanish Inquisition took great credit to itself
for its libera'ity, and it certainly spared no labor to preserve the ..."
3. History of the Public School Society of the City of New York: With Portraits by William Oland Bourne (1870)
"expurgation OF SCHOOL-BOOKS.—1840-1841. Propositions of Bishop Dubois relative
... Graham to the Society—Reply of the Committee—expurgation of School-Books. ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... the poorer natives, far and near, are obliged to undergo expurgation by drinking
a liquor which is called in Dar-Fûr kilingi, or fume-thing that ..."
5. Philosophy and the Social Problem by Will Durant (1917)
"Ill The expurgation of the Intellect Consider the reaction of an experienced
statesman who leaves the service of a king to enter the service of truth. ..."
6. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"expurgation of Criminality by Statutory Amnesty or Indemnity; (1) Statutes
forbidding Prosecution, etc. [Note 5; add:} ENGLAND : St. 1905, 5 Edw. VII, c. ..."
7. Right of the Bible in Our Public Schools by George Barrell Cheever (1854)
"... expurgation, the remainder of the volumes being still readable. In other pages,
couplets of straggling stars filled up the omissions ; and, ..."
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