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n. - The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent; Written material that has been censored.

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Usage examples (6)
  • This fits with what Garcia sang in 1966 - and seems to be a bowdlerisation of the Memphis Jug Band's version which has "black girl"
  • You'll forgive my bowdlerisation of the post, but I am aware Ann's kids are reading this, and I wouldn't want to contribute to their delinquincy.
  • The polarisation of views on police tactics is depressingly predictable, and I would suggest that the bowdlerisation of the language serves to numb proper human sensitivity.
  • You would be narrating, not explaining if bowdlerisation was something you wanted to avoid.
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