expurgation
[noun]
Synonyms: purification, catharsis, cleansing, lustration, purgation

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expurgation noun. [ɛkspǝ:'geɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Partly from Latin expurgatio(n-) in medieval Latin sense of 'cleansing, freeing from impurities', formed as EXPURGATE; partly from prec.: see -ATION.]
1. The action or an act of cleansing from impurity (lit. & fig.). LME-M17.

2. The action or an act of removing impurities or objectionable elements. L16.

3. spec. The action or an act of removing from a book passages regarded as objectionable. E17.

4. Astronomy. The reappearance of the sun after an eclipse; emersion. M18-M19.

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