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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The practice of omitting from an author's edited writings words or passages considered offensive or indelicate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun censorship in the form of prudish expurgation

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