Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bowdlerization

2 senses of bowdlerization

Sense 1
bowdlerization, bowdlerisation -- (written material that has been bowdlerized)
       => writing, written material, piece of writing -- (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing")

Sense 2
bowdlerization, bowdlerisation -- (the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent)
       => expurgation, castration -- (the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work)