Vocabularium

I don’t believe this would ever be necessary with anything I write.

expurgate (ex·pur·gate): / EK sper gayt /
transitive verb

(1) to edit something by removing objectionable, offensive, or unsuitable words or passages before publication or presentation
(2) to purge or cleanse of something morally offensive, erroneous, or harmful

[From Latin expurgat-, stem of expurgatus, past participle of expurgare meaning “to clean out, cleanse out,” from purgare meaning “to purge, cleanse.” ]

Usage: Few realize most publishers expurgate Grimms’ fairy tales before marketing the work to children.

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