expurgate
/ˈɛkspəːɡeɪt
/verb [with object] (usually as adjective expurgated)
Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account): an expurgated English translation...
- It had been on the books since 1897, when expurgated editions of the classics, especially for consumption in classrooms, were common.
- She found that most of them had been expurgated to remove anything that was remotely controversial, in some cases making the author's intention unrecognizable.
- Thomas Jefferson expurgated his own version by cut and paste method.
Synonyms
censor, bowdlerize, blue-pencil, redact, cut, edit;
clean up, purge, purify, sanitize, make acceptable, make palatable, make presentable, water down, emasculate
Derivatives
expurgation
/ noun ...- To a large degree such a separation from reality through filtered information occurred when I was a child by the censorship and expurgation of nastiness from school reading books.
- The epic has been the object of adaptation, interpolation, reinterpretation and expurgation by a number of retellers, each seeking to reflect what he saw as relevant to his time.
- She has a rather disheartening editorial about the expurgation from educational textbooks anything that could possibly give offense to people.
expurgator
/ noun ...- We don't need sanctimonious expurgators to decide which one is best for us.
expurgatory
Origin
Early 17th century (in the sense 'purge of excrement'): from Latin expurgat- 'thoroughly cleansed', from the verb expurgare, from ex- 'out' + purgare 'cleanse'.