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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

expurgatio

justification, excuse: cf. F.

expurgation

The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.

Milton.

Noun.

The act of purging or cleansing; evacuation.

A cleansing; purification from any thing noxious, offensive, sinful or erroneous.

expurgation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural expurgations)

expurgation f ‎(plural expurgations)