expurgating
Cleaning up text
Expurgating is removing objectionable or offensive content from a text before publication.
Publishers expurgate profanity, sexual material, or politically sensitive passages to make works acceptable for particular audiences: The school board insisted on expurgating several passages from the novel.
The practice suggests censorship or bowdlerization rather than editing for clarity.
Altering to improve
- redactingObscuring text for secrecy
- amendingModifying to improve
- reworkingModifying something already made
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
correcting · proofreading · rewriting · modifying · clarifying · abridging · condensing · shortening
Obscuring text for secrecy
- bowdlerizingRemoving offensive passages
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
- banningOfficially prohibiting something
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
excising · blue-penciling · blacklisting · restricting · silencing · concealing · forbidding · objectionable
Removing dirt or toxins
- purifyingRemoving unwanted substances
- removingTaking something out
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
- strippingRemoving outer layers
ridding · clearing · sanitizing · laundering · scrubbing · scouring · expunging · obliterating
revising
Altering to improve
- redactingObscuring text for secrecy
- amendingModifying to improve
- reworkingModifying something already made
refining · correcting · proofreading · rewriting · modifying · clarifying · abridging · condensing · shortening · trimming
redacting
Obscuring text for secrecy
- bowdlerizingRemoving offensive passages
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
- banningOfficially prohibiting something
prohibiting · excising · blue-penciling · blacklisting · restricting · silencing · concealing · forbidding · objectionable · taboo
cleansing
Removing dirt or toxins
- purifyingRemoving unwanted substances
- removingTaking something out
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
stripping · ridding · clearing · sanitizing · laundering · scrubbing · scouring · expunging · obliterating · eradicating
expurgatingadding
Joining to increase
inserting · including · augmenting · embellishing · supplementing
expurgatinguncensoring
Removing suppression of content
permitting · allowing · preserving · approving · authorizing
expurgatingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
restoring · retaining · maintaining · uncensoring · reinstating