Definitions For Expurgation
noun
- The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
verb
- To change (a written work) by removing parts that might offend people
Is Expurgation a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
25
The word Expurgation is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Expurgation in a Sentence
- They felt it was necessary to expurgate his letters before publishing them.
- The newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment