English noun: bowdlerisation | |||
| 1. | bowdlerisation (act) written material that has been bowdlerized | ||
| Synonyms | bowdlerization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | piece of writing, writing, written material | ||
| 2. | bowdlerisation (act) the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent | ||
| Synonyms | bowdlerization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | castration, expurgation | ||