Canadian English Meaning of bowdlerize

bowdlerize

Wordnet

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Webster

To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.

bowdlerize

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicateTo expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.

censor,clean (up),Delete,Edit,expurgate,launder,review,shorten,abbreviate,bleep

approve,authorize,sanction

bowdlerization => bowdlerization, bowdlerism => bowdlerism, bowdleriser => bowdlerizer, bowdlerise => bowdlerise, bowdlerisation => bowdlerisation,