expurgate
verb (used with object)
to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable.
expurgation
-
a word derived from
expurgate.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Censorship and expurgation whether by government or private groups may seem right in the moment, but the future rarely judges them with favor.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Instead of expurgation, though, he suggested that Scrabble create a guidebook explaining the history and power of individual words.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
During the 1990s furor, Steven Alexander, who is white and Jewish, was one of many players who wrote letters opposing any expurgation.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020
“Speaking as a person of colour,” he wrote, “it actually bothers me that some people seem to be thinking of this expurgation as a ‘magnanimous’ gesture.”
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2020
A very great majority of the States have elected senators and representatives to Congress, upon the express ground of favoring this expurgation.
From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Alexander Johnston
