Bowdlerization

/ˌbaʊdlərɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun

The American spelling of the noun form; the act or process of removing supposedly offensive or indecent content from a text or work.

From 'bowdlerize' plus the suffix '-ation,' which creates nouns from verbs and is more common in American English than '-isation'.

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